Definition of "brails" []

• Plural form of brail. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brail. (verb)

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• "With the brails they could shorten sail in a brisk wind."
• "There was no boom, the rope brails holding the top of the sail fastened to a permanent yard, lines sweeping fore and aft to the overhanging stern, a double steering oar."
• "The absence of a boom; the brails or ropes used to lower and raise sail hang from a fixed yard."