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Meaning of 'brail' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Brail [ n.]
- A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
- Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.
- A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
2 . Brail [ v. t.]
- To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail.

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