Definizione monolingua

brail

brail (third-person singular simple present brails, present participle brailing, simple past and past participle brailed)

1. To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.

   • 1993: The winds blew at their own caprice and there was brailing and loosing of canvas. — Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford

brail (plural brails)

1. (nautical) a small rope used to truss up sails

Definizione dizionario brail

Altri significati:

(nautical) a small rope used to truss up sails

To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.