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A hermaphrodite brig, or brig-schooner is a type of two-masted sailing ship
Sailing ship

Sailing ship is now used to refer to any large wind-powered vessel. In technical terms, a ship was a sailing vessel with a full rigged ship of at least three masts, square rigged on all of them, making the sailing adjective redundant....
 which has square sail
Square rig

Square rig is a generic type of Sail-plan in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular, or , to the keel of the vessel and to the masts....
s on the foremast combined with fore-and-aft rig
Fore-and-aft rig

A fore-and-aft rig is a sailing Rigging consisting mainly of sails that are set along the line of the keel rather than perpendicular to it. Such sails are described as fore-and-aft rigged....
ged sails on the mainmast. As such it has a mix of the two main types of sail plan, hence the term hermaphrodite
Hermaphrodite

A hermaphrodite is an organism having both male and female reproductive organs. In many species, hermaphroditism is a common part of the life-cycle, enabling a form of sexual reproduction in which partners are not separated into distinct male and female types of individual....
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English usage is to refer to this type of vessel as a brigantine
Brigantine

In sailing, a brigantine is a vessel with two masts, only the forward of which is square rigged.Originally the brigantine was a small ship carrying both oars and sails....
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A hermaphrodite brig, or brig-schooner is a type of two-masted sailing ship
Sailing ship

Sailing ship is now used to refer to any large wind-powered vessel. In technical terms, a ship was a sailing vessel with a full rigged ship of at least three masts, square rigged on all of them, making the sailing adjective redundant....
 which has square sail
Square rig

Square rig is a generic type of Sail-plan in which the primary driving sails are carried on horizontal spars which are perpendicular, or , to the keel of the vessel and to the masts....
s on the foremast combined with fore-and-aft rig
Fore-and-aft rig

A fore-and-aft rig is a sailing Rigging consisting mainly of sails that are set along the line of the keel rather than perpendicular to it. Such sails are described as fore-and-aft rigged....
ged sails on the mainmast. As such it has a mix of the two main types of sail plan, hence the term hermaphrodite
Hermaphrodite

A hermaphrodite is an organism having both male and female reproductive organs. In many species, hermaphroditism is a common part of the life-cycle, enabling a form of sexual reproduction in which partners are not separated into distinct male and female types of individual....
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English usage is to refer to this type of vessel as a brigantine
Brigantine

In sailing, a brigantine is a vessel with two masts, only the forward of which is square rigged.Originally the brigantine was a small ship carrying both oars and sails....
. Some suggest, however, that the correct term for a two-masted vessel with square sails on its foremast and exclusively fore-and-aft-sails on its main mast is "hermaphrodite brigantine." A real brigantine
Brigantine

In sailing, a brigantine is a vessel with two masts, only the forward of which is square rigged.Originally the brigantine was a small ship carrying both oars and sails....
 also uses square topsail
Topsail

A topsail is a sail set above another sail; on square-rigged vessels further sails may be set above topsails....
s on her main mast, the mainsail being a gaff
Gaff rig

Gaff rig is a sailing rig in which the sail is four-cornered, fore-and-aft rigged, controlled at its Parts of a sail#Non-triangular fore and aft sails and, usually, its entire Parts of a sail#Non-triangular fore and aft sails by a spar called the gaff....
 sail. Only one vessel of the latter type is in existence today, however: the British Eye of the Wind. As the type is so scarce now, the term "brigantine" has come to refer to hermaphrodite brigantines, as well. Also called a "[butter-box]" by sailors, in early nineteenth century, re: "Two Years Before the Mast" by: Richard Henry Dana (page 63).

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