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brail
[breyl]
noun
Nautical.any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
a leather binding for a hawk's wings, to prohibit flight.
verb (used with object)
Nautical.
to gather or haul in (a sail) by means of brails (usually followed byup ).
to transfer (fish) from a net to the hold of a ship.
to bind (the wings of a bird) in order to prevent it from flying.
brail
/ ɪ /
noun
one of several lines fastened to the leech of a fore-and-aft sail to aid in furling it
verb
to furl (a fore-and-aft sail) using brails
Other 51Թ Forms
- unbrailed adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of brail1
Example Sentences
In his Monday appearance before the Supreme Court, Khan was granted brail — automatically meaning protection from arrest under Pakistani law — in the June killing of a lawyer Abdul Razzaq in Quetta by unidentified gunmen.
College Board offered the test in audio format with one strip of brail instead of a full brail page.
She answered them, and brailed her spanker, and they naturally thought she was preparing to bear up for their rescue.
To haul up by the brails; Ð used with up; as, to brail up a sail.
Throat′-brails, those which are attached to the gaff for trussing up the sail close to the gaff as well as the mast.—adj.
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