Brail
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Brails, in a ship, are small ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, before furling [1]. These brails belong only to the two courses and the mizzen sail. The command is, hale up the brails, or, brail up the sails [2]. The word brail comes from Middle English brayle, from Anglo-French braiel belt, strap, brail, alteration of Old French braiuel belt, probably ultimately from Latin braca pant.
Other uses
In the world of programmers it could mean the brail view engine.
References
- ↑ Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
- ↑ This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.
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