Thesaurus: brail

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1. n. A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
2. n. Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.
3. n. A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
4. v. t. To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail.
5. n. a small net used to draw fish into a boat
6. n. a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in
7. v. take in a sail with a brail
8. v. haul fish aboard with brails
9. 1. (Falconry) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing. 2. pl. (Naut.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling. 3. A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched. To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail.
10. n. a small net used to draw fish into a boat n. a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in v. take in a sail with a brail