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main brace
noun
, Nautical.
- a brace leading to a main yard.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of main brace1
First recorded in 1480–90
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Example Sentences
I was moved as out of a revery by the sight of Dale swinging across to the Serapis by the main brace pennant.
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The captain praised us, and, as a matter of course in that day, he called all hands to "splice the main-brace."
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The first door on the right opens into a little room where Main Brace sleeps.
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They also have their specific names, as the "weather fore-top-gallant brace," the "lee main brace."
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The name is also applied to the pieces on each quarter, for the main-brace blocks.
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