mainbracen.¹

Brit.

/ˈmeɪnbreɪs/, U.S.

/ˌmeɪnˈbreɪs/

Forms: see main adj.² and brace n.³

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: main adj.², brace n.³

Etymology: < main adj.² (compare the special nautical uses at main adj.² Compounds 1) + brace n.³

Nautical.

1. The brace attached to the main yard.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > sheet or brace

sheet1336

swing-rope1336

shoot1405

mainbrace1485

mainsheet1485

top-sheet1485

smite1494

tailing-rope1495

tail-rope1495

brace1626

stern-sheets1626

trimmers1630

fore-sheet1669

jib-sheet1825

boom-sheet1836

1485 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1958) II. 68 Mayne brases.

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 28 Ease your mayne brases.

1745 P. Durell Log 20 May in J. S. McLennan Louisbourg (1918) x. 177 Ye fore Spring Stay was Shott away Main braces Driver yard.

1801 Col. Stewart Narr. in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 309 By another shot several of the Marines, while hauling on the main-brace shared the same fate.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 69 All the rest of the crew..tallied on to the main brace.

1912 J. Conrad Secret Sharer ii, in 'Twixt Land & Sea 151 All the hands are aft at the main-braces.

1956 P. O'Brian Golden Ocean iv. 59 We had been asking these men the names of the rigging... One said, ‘And that is the mainbrace.’

2. to splice the mainbrace: to serve an extra ration of rum (usually to celebrate some special event); (more generally) to start drinking; to drink freely. [Perhaps arising from the issue of a tot of rum as a reward for the actual splicing of the mainbrace, which would be a rare and difficult operation.]

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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > freely

wassailc1300

waught?a1513

quaff1520

to drink (it) all outa1522

bibblea1529

quaught1530

to set cock on the hoopa1535

quass1549

tipple1560

swillc1563

carouse1567

to drink, quaff (pledge one) carouse1567

troll-the-bowl1575

to take one's rousea1593

pot1622

tope1668

toot1676

compotate1694

to soak one's clay (or face)1704

birlea1800

to splice the mainbrace1805

jollify1830

brimmer1838

to give it a bit of a nudge1966

nudge1966

1805 Naval Chron. 13 480 Now splice the main brace.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xv. 237 Mr. Falcon, splice the main-brace, and call the watch.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. 64 We tapped a bottle of Heidsiek.., and all hands spliced the main-brace.

1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 415 Now John's a brave and hardy tar, He serv'd on board a man of war—And when he sees a crony's face, He'll ‘stiffly splice the auld main-brace’.

1903 H. Holmes Life & Adventures 11 The sun's over the fore yard; no doubt they have spliced the main brace.

1955 Times 29 June 7/4 The Queen, after commanding by signal that the mainbrace be spliced on her escorting minesweepers, came ashore at a point downstream.

1989 Brewer's Dict. Phrase & Fable (ed. 14) 695/1 The order to splice the mainbrace was given..on 30 July, 1981 to toast the Prince and Princess of Wales, who were married on 29 July.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mainbrace
释义	mainbracen.¹ Brit. /ˈmeɪnbreɪs/, U.S. /ˌmeɪnˈbreɪs/ Forms: see main adj.² and brace n.³ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: main adj.², brace n.³ Etymology: < main adj.² (compare the special nautical uses at main adj.² Compounds 1) + brace n.³ Nautical. 1. The brace attached to the main yard. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > sheet or brace sheet1336 swing-rope1336 shoot1405 mainbrace1485 mainsheet1485 top-sheet1485 smite1494 tailing-rope1495 tail-rope1495 brace1626 stern-sheets1626 trimmers1630 fore-sheet1669 jib-sheet1825 boom-sheet1836 1485 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1958) II. 68 Mayne brases. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 28 Ease your mayne brases. 1745 P. Durell Log 20 May in J. S. McLennan Louisbourg (1918) x. 177 Ye fore Spring Stay was Shott away Main braces Driver yard. 1801 Col. Stewart Narr. in Ld. Nelson Dispatches & Lett. (1845) IV. 309 By another shot several of the Marines, while hauling on the main-brace shared the same fate. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxiii. 69 All the rest of the crew..tallied on to the main brace. 1912 J. Conrad Secret Sharer ii, in 'Twixt Land & Sea 151 All the hands are aft at the main-braces. 1956 P. O'Brian Golden Ocean iv. 59 We had been asking these men the names of the rigging... One said, ‘And that is the mainbrace.’ 2. to splice the mainbrace: to serve an extra ration of rum (usually to celebrate some special event); (more generally) to start drinking; to drink freely. [Perhaps arising from the issue of a tot of rum as a reward for the actual splicing of the mainbrace, which would be a rare and difficult operation.] ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (intransitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > freely wassailc1300 waught?a1513 quaff1520 to drink (it) all outa1522 bibblea1529 quaught1530 to set cock on the hoopa1535 quass1549 tipple1560 swillc1563 carouse1567 to drink, quaff (pledge one) carouse1567 troll-the-bowl1575 to take one's rousea1593 pot1622 tope1668 toot1676 compotate1694 to soak one's clay (or face)1704 birlea1800 to splice the mainbrace1805 jollify1830 brimmer1838 to give it a bit of a nudge1966 nudge1966 1805 Naval Chron. 13 480 Now splice the main brace. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xv. 237 Mr. Falcon, splice the main-brace, and call the watch. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. 64 We tapped a bottle of Heidsiek.., and all hands spliced the main-brace. 1863 J. P. Robson Songs Bards of Tyne 415 Now John's a brave and hardy tar, He serv'd on board a man of war—And when he sees a crony's face, He'll ‘stiffly splice the auld main-brace’. 1903 H. Holmes Life & Adventures 11 The sun's over the fore yard; no doubt they have spliced the main brace. 1955 Times 29 June 7/4 The Queen, after commanding by signal that the mainbrace be spliced on her escorting minesweepers, came ashore at a point downstream. 1989 Brewer's Dict. Phrase & Fable (ed. 14) 695/1 The order to splice the mainbrace was given..on 30 July, 1981 to toast the Prince and Princess of Wales, who were married on 29 July. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > see also also refers to : main-bracen.² < n.¹1485 see also
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