brail
/bɹeɪl/
noun 5verb 1
Definitions
noun
1
A small rope used to truss up sails.
2
A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
3
A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
4
A rope or line used to suspend lights or scenery in a certain position.
5
The feathers around a hawk's rump.
verb
1
To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.
The winds blew at their own caprice and there was brailing and loosing of canvas.
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