brail
/bɹeɪl/
Dictionary
noun
- A small rope used to truss up sails.
- A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
- A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
- (in the plural) The feathers around a hawk's rump.
verb
- To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.
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