brail

Definitions


[breɪl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- small ropes that are led from the leech of a fore-and-aft sail to pulleys on the mast for temporarily furling it


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French braiel, from medieval Latin bracale ‘girdle’, from braca ‘breeches’


[breɪl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- furl a sail by hauling on brails


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French braiel, from medieval Latin bracale ‘girdle’, from braca ‘breeches’




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