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noun
1.
Nautical. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
2.
a leather binding for a hawk's wings, to prohibit flight.
verb (used with object)
3.
Nautical.
a.
to gather or haul in (a sail) by means of brails (usually followed by up).
b.
to transfer (fish) from a net to the hold of a ship.
4.
to bind (the wings of a bird) in order to prevent it from flying.
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Brail
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Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English, variant of brayell < Anglo-French braiel; Old French < Medieval Latin brācāle breechbelt, noun use of neuter of brācālis, equivalent to Latin brāc(ae) trousers (< Gaulish ) + -ālis -al1
1400–50; late Middle English, variant of brayell < Anglo-French braiel; Old French < Medieval Latin brācāle breechbelt, noun use of neuter of brācālis, equivalent to Latin brāc(ae) trousers (< Gaulish ) + -ālis -al1
Related forms
un·brailed, adjective
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Word Origin & History
brail
small rope used on ships, mid-15c., from O.Fr. brail, earlier braiel "belt, leather thong," from L. bracale "waistbelt," from bracæ "breeches" (pl., see breeches).
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