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Brigade Brigade Bri*gade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brigaded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Brigading.] (Mil.)
To form into a brigade, or into brigades.
Brigaded Brigade Bri*gade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brigaded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Brigading.] (Mil.)
To form into a brigade, or into brigades.
brigadier Brigadier general Brig`a*dier" gen"er*al [F. brigadier, fr.
brigade.] (Mil.)
An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major
general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a
shortening of his title, simple a brigadier.
Brigadier general Brigadier general Brig`a*dier" gen"er*al [F. brigadier, fr.
brigade.] (Mil.)
An officer in rank next above a colonel, and below a major
general. He commands a brigade, and is sometimes called, by a
shortening of his title, simple a brigadier.
Brigading Brigade Bri*gade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Brigaded; p. pr. &
vb. n. Brigading.] (Mil.)
To form into a brigade, or into brigades.
Brigand Brigand Brig"and (br[i^]g"and), n. [F. brigand, OF. brigant
light-armed soldier, fr. LL. brigans light-armed soldier (cf.
It. brigante.) fr. brigare to strive, contend, fr. briga
quarrel; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. break; cf.
Goth. brikan to break, brakja strife. Cf. Brigue.]
1. A light-armed, irregular foot soldier. [Obs.]
2. A lawless fellow who lives by plunder; one of a band of
robbers; especially, one of a gang living in mountain
retreats; a highwayman; a freebooter.
Giving them not a little the air of brigands or
banditti. --Jeffery.
Brigandage Brigandage Brig"and*age (-[asl]j), n. [F. brigandage.]
Life and practice of brigands; highway robbery; plunder.
Brigandine Brigandine Brig"an*dine, n. [F. brigandine (cf. It.
brigantina), fr. OF. brigant. See Brigand.]
A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or
plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal,
and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the
Middle Ages. [Written also brigantine.] --Jer. xlvi. 4.
Then put on all thy gorgeous arms, thy helmet, And
brigandine of brass. --Milton.
Brigandish Brigandish Brig"and*ish, a.
Like a brigand or freebooter; robberlike.
Brigandism Brigandism Brig"and*ism, n.
Brigandage.
brigantine Brigandine Brig"an*dine, n. [F. brigandine (cf. It.
brigantina), fr. OF. brigant. See Brigand.]
A coast of armor for the body, consisting of scales or
plates, sometimes overlapping each other, generally of metal,
and sewed to linen or other material. It was worn in the
Middle Ages. [Written also brigantine.] --Jer. xlvi. 4.
Then put on all thy gorgeous arms, thy helmet, And
brigandine of brass. --Milton.
Brigantine Brigantine Brig"an*tine, n. [F. brigantin, fr. It. brigantino,
originally, a practical vessel. See Brigand, and cf.
Brig]
1. A practical vessel. [Obs.]
2. A two-masted, square-rigged vessel, differing from a brig
in that she does not carry a square mainsail.
3. See Brigandine.
Demibrigade Demibrigade Dem"i*bri*gade", n. [Cf. F. demi- brigade.]
A half brigade.
Naval brigade Naval brigade, a body of seamen or marines organized for
military service on land.
Naval officer.
(a) An officer in the navy.
(b) A high officer in some United States customhouses.
Naval tactics, the science of managing or maneuvering
vessels sailing in squadrons or fleets.
Syn: Nautical; marine; maritime.
Usage: Naval, Nautical. Naval is applied to vessels, or a
navy, or the things which pertain to them or in which
they participate; nautical, to seamen and the art of
navigation. Hence we speak of a naval, as opposed to a
military, engagement; naval equipments or stores, a
naval triumph, a naval officer, etc., and of nautical
pursuits or instruction, nautical calculations, a
nautical almanac, etc.
Prunus brigantiaca Marmottes oil Mar"mottes oil`
A fine oil obtained from the kernel of Prunus brigantiaca.
It is used instead of olive or almond oil. --De Colange.
