BRAILS

Noun

brails

plural of brail

Verb

brails

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brail

Anagrams

• Barils, Brasil, Libras, libras

Source: Wiktionary


BRAIL

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.

BRAIL

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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