Brail Definition

brāl

brails

noun

Any of the small ropes attached to the leech of a sail for hauling it in.

Webster's New World

A small net for drawing fish from a trap or a larger net into a boat.

American Heritage

(falconry) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.

Wiktionary

A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.

Wiktionary

verb

To gather in (a sail) with brails.

American Heritage

To haul (in) with brails.

Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Brail

Singular:

brail

Plural:

Middle English braile from Old French brail belt from Medieval Latin brācale from Latin brācae breeches bracket

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old French braiel, from Medieval Latin bracale ‘girdle’ (from bracae ‘breeches’).

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