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Brail   Listen
noun
Brail  n.  
1.
(Falconry) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
2.
pl. (Naut.) 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.





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"Brail" Quotes from Famous Books



... gale. Last night I saw St. Elmo's stars, With their glimmering lanterns, all at play On the tops of the masts and the tips of the spars, And I knew we should have foul weather to-day. Cheerily, my hearties! yo heave ho! Brail up the mainsail, and let her go As the winds ...
— The Golden Legend • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
... possible to move, I now ran forward, and succeeded in stopping the wreck into the rigging and bitts. At this time the brig minded her helm, and fell off, coming under command. To help us, the head of the spencer got loose, from the throat-brail up, and, blowing out against the wreck, the whole formed, together, a body of hamper, that acted as a sort of sail, which helped the brig to keep clear of the seas. By close attention to the helm, we were enabled to ...
— Ned Myers • James Fenimore Cooper


Words linked to "Brail" :   net, furl, roll up, fish, rope


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