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Brail
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To haul up by the brails; - used with up; as, to brail up a sail.
(2):
(n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.
(3):
(n.) A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
(4):
(n.) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Brail'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/brail.html. 1828.