an appliance for supporting a weak leg or other body part
a dental fitting worn to correct irregular teeth
a diagonal piece of structural material that serves to strengthen
a rope attached to a yard on a ship that swings the yard horizontally to trim the sail
something, e.g. a clasp, that connects or fastens
a mark ({ or }) used to connect words or items to be considered together
this mark connecting two or more musical staves the parts of which are to be performed simultaneously
(pl brace) two of a kind; a pair
several brace of quail
(also brace and bit) a crank-shaped instrument for using with and turning a drilling bit
[Middle English brace pair, clasp, via Old French brace, literally ‘two arms’, from Latin bracchium arm, from Greek brachiōn shorter, used to mean ‘the upper arm’, which is shorter than the forearm]