brail
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Old French braiel, from Medieval Latin bracale ‘girdle’ (from bracae ‘breeches’).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
brail (plural brails)
Verb [edit]
brail (third-person singular simple present brails, present participle brailing, simple past and past participle brailed)
- To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.
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- 1993: The winds blew at their own caprice and there was brailing and loosing of canvas. — Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford
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References [edit]
- brail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.
