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| brace [ brayss ] (plural brac·es) |
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rope controlling yard on sailing ship: on a square-rigged sailing ship, a rope used to control the spar that extends a sail
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| [Early 17th century. Perhaps alteration of French bras de vergue "yard arm," after brace1] |
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