Definition of Brail. Meaning of Brail. Synonyms of Brail

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Definition of Brail

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Plaice Plaice, n. [F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa flatish, plaice. See Place.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A European food fish (Pleuronectes platessa), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more. (b) A large American flounder (Paralichthys dentatus; called also brail, puckermouth, and summer flounder. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species. [Written also plaise.] Plaice mouth, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry mouth. [R.] --B. Jonson.
Brail
Brail Brail, v. t. (Naut.) To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail.

Meaning of Brail from wikipedia

- hale up the brails, or, brail up the sails. The word brail comes from Middle English brayle, from Anglo-French braiel belt, strap, brail, alteration of...
- Cinuos-chel-Brail railway station is a railway station in the muni****lity of S-chanf, in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. It is located on the 1,000 mm...
- divided into two parts: The Upper Engadine, from Maloja P**** to the dell near Brail, in the west, where the valley stays fairly flat and is remarkably wide...
- into the Engadine. It consists of the village of Zernez and the section of Brail. Lai da Ova Spin is a compensation reservoir on the river Spöl. It is located...
- extension '.vm'. Other view engines in use: Brail, based on the Boo language. Being a .NET language, the Brail view engine has stronger capabilities, as...
- Archived from the original on January 17, 2019. Retrieved January 17, 2019. Brail, Nathaniel (December 9, 2019). "'Birds of Prey' Producer Sue Kroll On Batgirl...
- similar to a Roman shade, but with only one batten and vertical pleats. A brail curtain or drape in its lowered position appears as a pleated panel much...
- 2015-11-03. WebMonkey News Mozilla WebAPI Wiki Jacobson, Daniel; Woods, Dan; Brail, Greg (November 2011). APIs a strategy guide. Sebastopol, Calif: O'Reilly...
- view engines: The MVCContrib library contains 8 alternate view engines. Brail, NDjango, NHaml, NVelocity, SharpTiles, Spark, StringTemplate and XSLT....
- aback to stop the ship. brail 1.  To furl or truss a sail by pulling it in towards the mast. "To brail up" or "to hale up the brails" is to stow the sails...
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