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Look up: brail

  1. Brail
    To pull a flying piece upstage or downstage from its natural free-hanging position by means of short rope lines attached to the ends of the fly bar. (UK)
    Found on http://www.dramatic.com.au/glossary/glos

  2. brail
    [v] - take in a sail with a brail 2. [v] - haul fish aboard with brails
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. Brail
    Brail noun [ Middle English brayle furling rope, Old French braiol a band placed around the breeches, from French braies , plural, breeches, from Latin braca , bracae , breeches, a Gallic word; confer Arm. bragez . Confer Breeches .] 1. (Falconry) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing. 2. plural (Nautic ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/90

  4. Brail
    Brail transitive verb (Nautical) To haul up by the brails; -- used with up ; as, to brail up a sail.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/90

  5. brail
    1. <veterinary> A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing. ... 2. 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. ... Origin: OE. Brayle furling rope, OF. Braiol a band placed around the breeches, fr.F. B ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  6. brail
    noun a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  7. brail
    verb haul fish aboard with brails
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. brail
    verb take in a sail with a brail
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  9. Brail
    `Brails`, in a ship, are small ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, before furling . These brails belong only to the two courses and the mizzen sail. The command is, `hale up the brails`, or, `brail up the sails` .
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brail

  10. Brail
    • (n.) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk`s wing. • (n.) A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched. • (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling. • (v. t.) To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail.Brail:...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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