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)
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2. brail
   [v] - take in a sail with a brail 2. [v] - haul fish aboard with brails
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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
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4. Brail
   Brail transitive verb (Nautical) To haul up by the brails; -- used with up ; as, to brail up a sail.
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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, ...
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6. brail
   noun a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in
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7. brail
   verb haul fish aboard with brails
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8. brail
   verb take in a sail with a brail
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9. 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 brai...
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10. Brail
    `Brails`, in a sailing ship, are small lines passing through blocks, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, before furling.<ref name="webster">Webster`s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.--> On a ship rig, these brails are found only on the two cou...
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