† long-brailedadj.Obsoleterare (of a wing) that has been restrained by a ‘brail’ or girdle for a long time.In quot. a1657 as part of an extended metaphor.
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a1657 G. DanielPoems (1878) I. 213 My long-brail'd Pineons, (clumsye and vnapt) I cannot Spread.