гауптва́хта — meaning in English

English meaning

• brig noun A sailing ship with two masts, both square-rigged.
• stockade noun A defensive fence or enclosure made of upright wooden posts.

Senses

гауптва́хта is used for these senses in English:

• brig (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
• stockade (colloquial) A military prison.

brig — full definition

1. noun A sailing ship with two masts, both square-rigged.
2. noun A prison on board a naval ship, or informally, any military jail.

stockade — full definition

1. noun A defensive fence or enclosure made of upright wooden posts.
2. noun A military prison.

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