brail

Definitions

1. 1.pl. (Naut.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.
2. 2.A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
3. 3.To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is pl. (Naut.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling called?
• What is a stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched called?
• What is to haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail called?