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see quot. 1823 (also compounds 3b(b)).
a piece of timber used to strengthen a framework against the stress of the waves.
(a piece of) beading used to protect an exterior angle.
Architecture. (See quot. 1812.)
Carpentry. A strengthening brace.
A strip of wood or the like fixed to the edge of a board, door, table-top, etc.; the act of fixing such a strip.