English

Etymology
Old French braiel, from mediæval Latin bracale �girdle� (from bracae �breeches�).

Pronunciation
IPA: /bɹeɪl/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪl|-eɪl

Noun
brail (usually in plural)

1. nautical a small rope used to truss up sails

Verb
brail

1. to haul up a sail using the brails

#:*1993: The winds blew at their own caprice and there was brailing and loosing of canvas. � Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford

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