brails
noun
- 1
A small rope used to truss up sails.
- 2
A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
- 3
A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
- 4
(in the plural) The feathers around a hawk's rump.
verb
- 1
To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.
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