meaning of brail
1. A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawks wing.
2. Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.
3. A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
4. To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail.
5. a small rope one of several used to draw a sail in
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