main brace
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of main brace
First recorded in 1480–90
Example Sentences
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Tailing onto the heavy rope of the main brace was a runty, down-cheeked lad of 16 named Jimmy Bisset.
From Time Magazine Archive
From England, King George personally ordered an extra round of grog for all hands with the time-honored phrase: "Splice the main brace."
From Time Magazine Archive
Oh, only because—"tell it not in Gath"—the captain "spliced the main brace!"
From In Eastern Seas Or, the Commission of H.M.S. 'Iron Duke,' flag-ship in China, 1878-83 by J. J. Smith
Not much, lad; only I want to take a haul at the main brace.
From The Buffalo Runners A Tale of the Red River Plains by R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
In anchoring, you are at the main clew-lines, and the main brace.
From Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Oliver Optic
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