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
Why, they didn't know the catheads from the main brace.
From Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion by Twain, Mark
As he fell he caught hold of the main brace, and was suspended for a minute over the water.
From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by Sleeper, John Sherburne
The boats were then hoisted up, the battery run in and secured, and the main brace spliced.
From The Cruise of the Alabama and the Sumter by Semmes, Raphael
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