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▪ I. braced, ppl. a.1|breɪst|
[f. brace v.1 + -ed.]
1. Strained, strengthened, girt, etc.; cf. the verb.
1633P. Fletcher Purple Isl. v. xl, Where stands a braced drumme, whose sounding head..Gives instant warning. 1847Barham Ingol. Leg. (1877) 265 In Mariner's dress, with cutlass braced. 1862Russell in Times 27 Mar., The deck..is supported by heavy braced oak beams.
†b. fig. = Contracted. Obs. rare.
1534Whittinton Tullyes Offices i. (1540) 31 Nothynge of so strayte and brased stomake and so poore.
2. Her. Interlaced or linked together. Also written brased.
1562Leigh Armorie (1597) 105 b, He beareth..iij Cheuronnels, brased on the baste Or. 1766Porny Heraldry (1787) 150 A Man's Heart Gules, within two equilateral triangles braced Sable.
▪ II. braced, ppl. a.2 Naut.
[f. brace v.3 + -ed.]
Turned or moved by means of braces.
1762Falconer Shipwr. i. 228 Yards alternate square and sharply braced. 1881Times 21 Dec., The vessel was hove to..with yards braced up. |