Bracing - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: bracingbraced
held up by braces or buttresses...
Bracing
Imparting strength or tone strengthening invigorating as a bracing north wind...
Counter brace
The brace of the fore topsail on the leeward side of a vessel...
Bumkin
A projecting beam or boom as a One projecting from each bow of a vessel to haul the fore tack to called a tack bumpkin b One from each quarter for the main brace blocks and called brace bumpkin c A small outrigger over the stern of a boat to extend the mizzen...
Counterbrace
To brace in opposite directions as to counterbrace the yards i e to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another...
Bearing ring
In a balloon the braced wooden ring attached to the suspension ropes at the bottom functionally analogous to the keel of a ship...
Bitstock
A stock or handle for holding and rotating a bit a brace...
Boxhaul
To put a vessel on the other tack by veering her short round on her heel so called from the circumstance of bracing the head yards abox i e sharp aback on the wind...
Brace
That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly a bandage or a prop...
Bracer
That which braces binds or makes firm a band or bandage...
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