bracē, ēs (acc. -em), f.,
a Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn , acc. to Hard. blé blanc de Dauphiné; pure Lat. sandala, Plin. 18, 7, 11, § 62 (al. brance).
·noun The mouth of a shaft. II. Brace ·noun Harness; warlike preparation. III. Brace ·noun Armor f...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
The Brace tavern; a room in the S.E. corner of the King's Bench, where, for the convenience of priso...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
The braces are ropes belonging to all the yards of a ship; two to each yard, rove through blocks tha...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·- The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel. ...
·noun A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs, or serving as a sp...
To brace the yards in, so as to lay the sails aback. ♦ To brace about, to turn the yards round for...
Are lengths of rope, or now more generally chain, into which the yard-arm brace-blocks are spliced. ...
Anglo-Norman for armour for the arm. ...
A piece of iron-work applicable to the lower part of a rudder, in case of casualty to the lower pint...
A purchase attached to the main-yard for trimming it to the wind. ...
A rope attached to the extremity of a studding-sail boom, and leading down on deck; it is used to co...
A moment: taken from the flapping of a sail. I will be with you before it shakes thrice. ...
Is bracing the head-yards one way, and the after-yards another. The counter-brace is the lee-brace o...
In nautical parlance, to serve out an extra allowance of grog in bad weather or after severe exertio...
The order usually given after being hove-to, with fore or main top-sail square or aback, and jib-she...
To lay it along the decks in readiness for the men to lay hold of; called manning it. ...