main brace

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. a brace leading to a main yard.

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Etymology

Origin of main brace

First recorded in 1480–90

Example Sentences

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main brace

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

My advice was to grease the bowsprit, let go the mast, and splice the main brace.

From Tracks of a Rolling Stone by Coke, Henry J. (Henry John)

To tell the exact truth, there was a disposition among the students to haze the new comer, and the main brace men had agreed among themselves to let him do the whole of the work.

From Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Optic, Oliver

Well, well, it don’t much matter, seein’ that we hain’t got no dooty for to do—no trick at the wheel, no greasin’ the masts—wust of all, no splicin’ the main brace, and no grub.”

From Jarwin and Cuffy by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)