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knee brace

American  

noun

Building Trades.
  • knee braces
    plural
  1. a diagonal member for bracing the angle between two joined members, as a stud or column and a joist or rafter, being joined to each partway along its length.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of knee brace

First recorded in 1910–15


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That allowed her to strap on a knee brace and return to the mountain within days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026

Wood did not specify the nature of his surgery, but he has been seen wearing a knee brace while watching recent Forest matches.

From BBC ● Dec. 27, 2025

He also has a knee brace on the right knee, and what appears to be burn injuries on his left leg.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2023

During several points of Tuesday’s practice, Young tugged on his right knee brace between drills.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 6, 2023

I have seen him play with a heavy knee brace.

From Football Days Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball by William Hanford Edwards

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