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brail
[ breyl ]
noun
- Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
- a leather binding for a hawk's wings, to prohibit flight.
verb (used with object)
- Nautical.
- to gather or haul in (a sail) by means of brails (usually followed by up ).
- to transfer (fish) from a net to the hold of a ship.
- to bind (the wings of a bird) in order to prevent it from flying.
brail
/ ɪ /
noun
- one of several lines fastened to the leech of a fore-and-aft sail to aid in furling it
verb
- trsometimes foll byup to furl (a fore-and-aft sail) using brails
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Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of brail1
C15: from Old French braiel , from Medieval Latin 峦 belt for breeches, from Latin 峦a breeches
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In his Monday appearance before the Supreme Court, Khan was granted brail — automatically meaning protection from arrest under Pakistani law — in the June killing of a lawyer Abdul Razzaq in Quetta by unidentified gunmen.
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College Board offered the test in audio format with one strip of brail instead of a full brail page.
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She answered them, and brailed her spanker, and they naturally thought she was preparing to bear up for their rescue.
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To haul up by the brails; Ð used with up; as, to brail up a sail.
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Throat′-brails, those which are attached to the gaff for trussing up the sail close to the gaff as well as the mast.—adj.
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