main brace

How to use main brace in a sentence

• I was moved as out of a revery by the sight of Dale swinging across to the Serapis by the main brace pennant.

  Richard Carvel, Complete | Winston Churchill

• The captain praised us, and, as a matter of course in that day, he called all hands to "splice the main-brace."

  Afloat And Ashore | James Fenimore Cooper

• The first door on the right opens into a little room where main brace sleeps.

  Cast Away in the Cold | Isaac I. Hayes

• They also have their specific names, as the "weather fore-top-gallant brace," the "lee main brace."

  Outward Bound | Oliver Optic

• The name is also applied to the pieces on each quarter, for the main-brace blocks.

  The Sailor's Word-Book | William Henry Smyth