Definition: A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
Definition: Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the
leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.
Definition: A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
Definition: To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail
up a sail.