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brace
bracē, ēs (acc. -em), f., a Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn , acc. to Hard. blé bl...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Are lengths of rope, or now more generally chain, into which the yard-arm brace-blocks are spliced. They are used in the merchant service to save rope, to give the blocks more freedom for slewing to their work, but chiefly because when the brace is let go, the falling chain will overhaul it, making it easier to haul in the other brace.
bracē, ēs (acc. -em), f., a Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn , acc. to Hard. blé bl...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.