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noun Carpentry.

a curved brace, especially one of a pair used to give the effect of an arch in a roof frame.

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So, I conveyed this to Tom and we invited Tom over to our house for dinner and said, “Brace yourself.”
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The way was under a double row of tall trees, which met at the top and formed a green arch over our heads.
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Edwin had to brace himself again, for an assault upon the fastness of the stationmaster.
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He thought a little longer, and as he did so, a vision of his arch enemy rose before him.
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