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• Brail — das kommunale Mehrzweckhaus, auf Puter: Chesa polivalenta Brail ist eine …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Brail — Brail, v. t. (Naut.) To haul up by the brails; used with up; as, to brail up a sail. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• brail — brail·er; em·brail; brail; …   English syllables

• Brail — Brail, n. [OE. brayle furling rope, OF. braiol a band placed around the breeches, fr.F. braies, pl., breeches, fr. L. braca, bracae, breeches, a Gallic word; cf. Arm. bragez. Cf. {Breeches}.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Falconry) A thong of soft leather… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• brail — (n.) small rope used on ships, mid 15c., from O.Fr. brail, earlier braiel belt, leather thong, from L. bracale waistbelt, from bracæ breeches (pl., see BREECHES (Cf. breeches)) …   Etymology dictionary

• brail Sailing — noun (brails) small ropes that are led from the leech of a fore and aft sail to pulleys on the mast for temporarily furling it. verb (brail something up) furl a sail by hauling on the brails. Origin ME: from OFr. braiel, from med. L. bracale… …   English new terms dictionary

• brail net — brail (1) …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• brail — [brāl] n. [ME < OFr braiel, a cincture, belt for trousers < braie < L braca, pl. bracae, breeches < Gaul * braca] any of the small ropes attached to the leech of a sail for hauling it in vt. to haul (in) with brails …   English World dictionary

• brail — (brall, ll mouillées) s. m. Piége pour la chasse aux oiseaux. HISTORIQUE    XIIe s. •   Que si sont pris come oiselet à broi, Gérard de Vienne, 3593.    XIIIe s. •   Si se tenront en nostre loi, Tant qu il nos aient pris al broi, Parton. 9017.… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

• brail — I. noun Etymology: Middle English brayle, from Anglo French braiel, belt, strap, brail, alteration of Old French braiuel belt, probably ultimately from Latin braca pants more at breech Date: 15th century 1. a rope fastened to the leech of a sail… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• brail — I noun 1. a small net used to draw fish into a boat • Hypernyms: ↑net 2. a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in • Hypernyms: ↑rope II verb 1. take in a sail with a brail …   Useful english dictionary