brail
noun
any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail.
unbrailed
-
a word derived from
brail.
Example Sentences
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Then the last hawser was cast off, and she floated away on the first of the ebb; and as she moved, her main-sail, unbrailed, spread itself out and became a vast pinion.
From The Lion's Share by Bennett, Arnold
