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brails

The correct spelling is brails.

How to pronounce brails

noun

Say it like: Bra-yls

The correct spelling is brails. A small rope used to truss up sails.

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Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A small rope used to truss up sails.
  2. 2.A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
  3. 3.A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
  4. 4.(in the plural) The feathers around a hawk's rump.

verb

  1. 1.To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.

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