Brail

·noun A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.

II. Brail ·noun A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.

III. Brail ·vt To haul up by the brails;

— used with up; as, to brail up a sail.

IV. Brail ·noun Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.