brailn.¹

Brit.

/breɪl/, U.S.

/breɪl/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s brayl(e, -ll(e, 1600s blayle, brale, braile.

Etymology: < Old French brail, earlier braiel < Latin brācāle ‘breech-girdle, waist-belt for keeping up the breeches’, form brācæ breeches; hence girdle, cincture, in other senses; in sense 1 braiel occurs in Wace.

a. plural. Small ropes fastened to the edges of sails to truss them up before furling.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > ropes for furling sails

wyning1295

brailsa1450

clew-garnet1626

furling-line1626

buntline1627

clew-line1627

slabline1647

peak-brail1711

throat brail1769

buntline-span1882

a1450 Pilgrims Sea-Voy. 33 in Stacions Rome (1867) 38 Y howe! trussa! hale in the brayles!

1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea liv. 129 His sayles..prevented with martnets, blayles, and Caskettes.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 22 The Brales are small ropes reeued thorow Blockes..with them we furle or farthell our sailes acrosse.

1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 21 (note) Brails are the clue-lines, bunt-lines, and leech-lines.

1885 W. E. Norris Adrian Vidal III. 224 Catch hold of those brails, and haul on them when I tell you.

b. ? A rope attached to a fishing net for a similar purpose.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > ropes on nets

norsel1440

head-roping1615

nostelling1615

warrope1615

way-rope1641

head rope?1748

warp1835

balk1847

trawl-warp1864

ground-rope1874

brail1883

shoreline1887

shore-rope-

1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 195 Minnow gangs, brails, gangings, used in various sea fisheries.

1883 Abbott in Glasgow Weekly Her. 14 July 8/1 Some [of the fish]..made their way between the brail and the net.

2. A girdle used to confine a hawk's wings.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > falconry or hawking equipment > [noun] > girdle for wings

brail1828

1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 12 The brail..is a thong of soft leather with a slit..along the middle.

1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) i. iv. i. §6. 295 When first hooding her, the brail should be used.

3. plural. The feathers about a hawk's rump; also attributive, as in brail-feathers.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > parts of > feathers

maila1475

barb1486

brails1486

crinet1486

crinel1704

mail-feather1773

crine1855

1486 Bk. St. Albans A viij b The same federis ye shall call the brayles or the brayle federis.

1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 278 All the brayles and smal fethers of the trayne.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Brayeul, feathers about a hawkes fundament, called by our Faulconers the brayle.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

brailn.²

Etymology: < French brelle in same sense: see Littré.

In the American timber trade: A number of logs held together by ropes and booms, forming part of a raft.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs > string of logs on river

boom1702

boom fence1848

boom-stick1850

sheer-boom1875

string1878

brail1879

jam-boom1879

boom timber1883

boom log1945

1879 Lumberman's Gaz. 1 Oct. This part of the Slough is wide and deep, and is used for coupling up the strings into brails and rafts.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

brailv.

Brit.

/breɪl/, U.S.

/breɪl/

Forms: Also 1600s braile, brale.

Etymology: < brail n.¹

transitive.

1. To haul up (the sails) by means of the brails.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > draw up for furling

bunt1611

brail1625

to clew up1745

1625 Sir R. Granville in G. Granville's Wks. (1732) 293 My Lord Essex did Brail up his Foresail.

1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 26 ‘Brail up the mizen quick!’ the Master cries.

1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge vi. 85 The frigate hauled down the jib, and brailed up the spanker.

2. To confine (a hawk's wings) with a brail.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [verb (transitive)] > other hawking procedures

enseamc1450

imp1477

rebuke1486

feat1508

mewc1515

canvas1559

cope1575

mail1575

man1575

watchc1575

to imp the wings of1596

pepper1618

stone1618

brail1643

feak1686

hack1873

1643 Parables on Times 9 Not content to braile and clip their wings onely.

1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 13 He should be carried on the fist..with his wing brailed.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

n.¹a1450

n.²1879

v.1625

单词	brail
释义	brailn.¹ Brit. /breɪl/, U.S. /breɪl/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s brayl(e, -ll(e, 1600s blayle, brale, braile. Etymology: < Old French brail, earlier braiel < Latin brācāle ‘breech-girdle, waist-belt for keeping up the breeches’, form brācæ breeches; hence girdle, cincture, in other senses; in sense 1 braiel occurs in Wace. 1. a. plural. Small ropes fastened to the edges of sails to truss them up before furling. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > masts, rigging, or sails > rigging > [noun] > running rigging > ropes for furling sails wyning1295 brailsa1450 clew-garnet1626 furling-line1626 buntline1627 clew-line1627 slabline1647 peak-brail1711 throat brail1769 buntline-span1882 a1450 Pilgrims Sea-Voy. 33 in Stacions Rome (1867) 38 Y howe! trussa! hale in the brayles! 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea liv. 129 His sayles..prevented with martnets, blayles, and Caskettes. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. v. 22 The Brales are small ropes reeued thorow Blockes..with them we furle or farthell our sailes acrosse. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 21 (note) Brails are the clue-lines, bunt-lines, and leech-lines. 1885 W. E. Norris Adrian Vidal III. 224 Catch hold of those brails, and haul on them when I tell you. b. ? A rope attached to a fishing net for a similar purpose. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > net > [noun] > ropes on nets norsel1440 head-roping1615 nostelling1615 warrope1615 way-rope1641 head rope?1748 warp1835 balk1847 trawl-warp1864 ground-rope1874 brail1883 shoreline1887 shore-rope- 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 195 Minnow gangs, brails, gangings, used in various sea fisheries. 1883 Abbott in Glasgow Weekly Her. 14 July 8/1 Some [of the fish]..made their way between the brail and the net. 2. A girdle used to confine a hawk's wings. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > falconry or hawking equipment > [noun] > girdle for wings brail1828 1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 12 The brail..is a thong of soft leather with a slit..along the middle. 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) i. iv. i. §6. 295 When first hooding her, the brail should be used. 3. plural. The feathers about a hawk's rump; also attributive, as in brail-feathers. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > parts of > feathers maila1475 barb1486 brails1486 crinet1486 crinel1704 mail-feather1773 crine1855 1486 Bk. St. Albans A viij b The same federis ye shall call the brayles or the brayle federis. 1575 G. Turberville Bk. Faulconrie 278 All the brayles and smal fethers of the trayne. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Brayeul, feathers about a hawkes fundament, called by our Faulconers the brayle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). brailn.² Etymology: < French brelle in same sense: see Littré. In the American timber trade: A number of logs held together by ropes and booms, forming part of a raft. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > transport of logs > string of logs on river boom1702 boom fence1848 boom-stick1850 sheer-boom1875 string1878 brail1879 jam-boom1879 boom timber1883 boom log1945 1879 Lumberman's Gaz. 1 Oct. This part of the Slough is wide and deep, and is used for coupling up the strings into brails and rafts. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online March 2018). brailv. Brit. /breɪl/, U.S. /breɪl/ Forms: Also 1600s braile, brale. Etymology: < brail n.¹ transitive. 1. To haul up (the sails) by means of the brails. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > directing or managing a ship > use of sails, spars, or rigging > carry specific amount of sail [verb (transitive)] > draw up for furling bunt1611 brail1625 to clew up1745 1625 Sir R. Granville in G. Granville's Wks. (1732) 293 My Lord Essex did Brail up his Foresail. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck ii. 26 ‘Brail up the mizen quick!’ the Master cries. 1836 M. Scott Cruise of Midge vi. 85 The frigate hauled down the jib, and brailed up the spanker. 2. To confine (a hawk's wings) with a brail. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > [verb (transitive)] > other hawking procedures enseamc1450 imp1477 rebuke1486 feat1508 mewc1515 canvas1559 cope1575 mail1575 man1575 watchc1575 to imp the wings of1596 pepper1618 stone1618 brail1643 feak1686 hack1873 1643 Parables on Times 9 Not content to braile and clip their wings onely. 1828 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (new ed.) 13 He should be carried on the fist..with his wing brailed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹a1450n.²1879v.1625
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