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forebrace

noun

Etymology

From fore- + brace.

  1. derived from bracchia
  2. derived from brace
  3. inherited from brace
  4. prefixed as forebrace — “fore + brace”

Definitions

  1. A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.

    • He noted the effect on the ship of this change; then, as though satisfied, roared out: "Let your forebraces hang, forrard there! Stand by heavin'-lines fore and aft! Stand by to go ahead with that steamer when we have your line!"

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA