| 单词 | brail |
| 释义 | brail /brayl/, n. 1. Naut. any of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail. 2. a leather binding for a hawk's wings, to prohibit flight. v.t. 3. Naut. a. to gather or haul in (a sail) by means of brails (usually fol. by up). b. to transfer (fish) from a net to the hold of a ship. 4. to bind (the wings of a bird) in order to prevent it from flying. [1400-50; late ME, var. of brayell < AF braiel; OF < ML bracale breechbelt, n. use of neut. of bracalis, equiv. to L brac(ae) trousers ( < Gaulish) + -alis -AL1] |
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