BRAIL

n. leather strap to bind a hawk's wing; rope on edge of sail for hauling up

For the tactile alphabet, see Braille. Brails, in a ship, are small ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, before furling . These brails belong only to the two courses and the mizzen sail. The command is, hale up the brails, or, brail up the sails .
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Noun
1. a small net used to draw fish into a boat
(hypernym) net
2. a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in
(hypernym) rope
Verb
1. take in a sail with a brail
(hypernym) roll up, furl
2. haul fish aboard with brails
(hypernym) fish

(v. t.)
To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail.
  

(n.)
Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.
  

(n.)
A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
  

(n.)
A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
  

brail /breil/
danh từ (hàng hải) dây cuộn buồm ngoại động từ (hàng hải) cuộn (buồm)
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