Brail

Definition:

  • (n.) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
  • (n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.
  • (n.) A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
  • (v. t.) To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail.

Compare brail with other words:

brail vs. grail

brail vs. frail

brail vs. brait

brail vs. brawl

brail vs. drail

bail vs. brail

brail vs. broil

brail vs. brain

braid vs. brail

brail vs. rail

brail vs. trail

brail vs. reef

brail vs. sail