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1Brail — das kommunale Mehrzweckhaus, auf Puter: Chesa polivalenta Brail ist eine …
2Brail — Brail, v. t. (Naut.) To haul up by the brails; used with up; as, to brail up a sail. [1913 Webster] || …
3brail — brail·er; em·brail; brail; …
4Brail — Brail, n. [OE. brayle furling rope, OF. braiol a band placed around the breeches, fr.F. braies, pl., breeches, fr. L. braca, bracae, breeches, a Gallic word; cf. Arm. bragez. Cf. {Breeches}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Falconry) A thong of soft leather… …
5brail — (n.) small rope used on ships, mid 15c., from O.Fr. brail, earlier braiel belt, leather thong, from L. bracale waistbelt, from bracæ breeches (pl., see BREECHES (Cf. breeches)) …
6brail Sailing — noun (brails) small ropes that are led from the leech of a fore and aft sail to pulleys on the mast for temporarily furling it. verb (brail something up) furl a sail by hauling on the brails. Origin ME: from OFr. braiel, from med. L. bracale… …
7brail net — brail (1) …
8brail — [brāl] n. [ME < OFr braiel, a cincture, belt for trousers < braie < L braca, pl. bracae, breeches < Gaul * braca] any of the small ropes attached to the leech of a sail for hauling it in vt. to haul (in) with brails …
9brail — (brall, ll mouillées) s. m. Piége pour la chasse aux oiseaux. HISTORIQUE XIIe s. • Que si sont pris come oiselet à broi, Gérard de Vienne, 3593. XIIIe s. • Si se tenront en nostre loi, Tant qu il nos aient pris al broi, Parton. 9017.… …
10brail — I. noun Etymology: Middle English brayle, from Anglo French braiel, belt, strap, brail, alteration of Old French braiuel belt, probably ultimately from Latin braca pants more at breech Date: 15th century 1. a rope fastened to the leech of a sail… …
