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Brail

Definition: A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.

Brail

Definition: Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the
leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.

Brail

Definition: A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.

Brail

Definition: To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail
up a sail.