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Definitions for Brail

[1] Nautical . 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.
[3] Nautical . to gather or haul in (a sail) by means of brails (usually followed by up ). 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.
[5] one of several lines fastened to the leech of a fore-and-aft sail to aid in furling it
[6] (tr sometimes foll by up ) to furl (a fore-and-aft sail) using brails

Words nearby Brail

brahui, braid, braided, braided stream, braiding, brail, braille, braillewriter, braillist, brailowsky, brain

Origin of Brail

1400–50; late Middle English, variant of brayell < Anglo-French braiel; Old French < Medieval Latin brācāle breechbelt, noun use of neuter of brācālis, equivalent to Latin brāc(ae ) trousers (< Gaulish ) + -ālis -al1

Other words from Brail

un·brailed , adjective

Word origin for Brail

C15: from Old French braiel , from Medieval Latin brācāle belt for breeches, from Latin brāca breeches