| Brail (brail) |
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| n. | ((?)) |
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| Brail |
| [OE. brayle furling
rope, OF. braiol a band placed around the breeches, fr.F.
braies, pl., breeches, fr.L. braca, bracae, breeches,
a Gallic word; cf. Arm. bragez. Cf. Breeches.]
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A thong of soft leather to
bind up a hawk's wing.
Ropes passing through
pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of
sails, preparatory to furling.
A stock at each end of a seine to keep it
stretched.
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To haul up
by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a
sail.
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