BRAIL

brail

(noun) a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in

brail

(noun) a small net used to draw fish into a boat

brail

(verb) haul fish aboard with brails

brail

(verb) take in a sail with a brail

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

brail (plural brails)

(nautical) A small rope used to truss up sails.

(falconry) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.

A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.

(in the plural) The feathers around a hawk's rump.

Verb

brail (third-person singular simple present brails, present participle brailing, simple past and past participle brailed)

To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.

Anagrams

• Arbil, Baril, Blair, Bliar, Libra, Rabil, libra

Source: Wiktionary

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Brail, n. Etym: [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.]

1. (Falconry)

Definition: A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.

2. pl. (Naut.)

Definition: Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.

3. A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.

Brail, v. t. (Naut.)

Definition: To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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