Etymograph

English

gun-brig

From gun + brig.

A compound of gun + brig

Middle English gunne

English gun

Proto-Celtic *brīgos ‘power’

Italian briga ‘trouble, bother’

Italian brigare ‘to connive, to strive to obtain by…’

Italian brigante

Italian brigantino ‘brig, brigantine’

English brig

Today it means

noun A small two-masted vessel during the Age of Sail, typically carrying 12 guns, comprising two long guns in the chase position and ten carronades on the broadsides.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / gun-brig