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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
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
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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