BRAIL
\bɹˈe͡ɪl], \bɹˈeɪl], \b_ɹ_ˈeɪ_l]\
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By Princeton University
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A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
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Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.
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A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
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To haul up by the brails; - used with up; as, to brail up a sail.
By Oddity Software
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A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
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Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.
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A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
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To haul up by the brails; - used with up; as, to brail up a sail.
By Noah Webster.
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