Joan wrote:
And I've been known to refer to a steel-boned corset as my "brigantine".
julian wilson wrote:
Er - what is the connection between a woman's steel-boned
undergarment, - and a two masted, sailing cargo-ship - square-rigged
on the foremast, and fore-&-aft-rigged on the main mast?
An understandable confusion between the T in the word for the ship, and
the D in the word for the plate/scale armor.
Main Entry: brig·an·tine
Pronunciation: 'bri-g&n-"tEn
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French brigantin, from Old Italian brigantino, from
brigante
: a 2-masted sailing ship that is square-rigged except for a
fore-and-aft mainsail
Main Entry: brig·an·dine
Pronunciation: 'bri-g&n-"dEn
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from brigand
: medieval body armor of scales or plates
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Cynthia Virtue and/or Cynthia du Pre Argent
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"I knew this wasn't _my_ pen!" --Cynthia Virtue
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