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Noun Concept
Categories: Sailing rigs and rigging
EN
brace  braces  brase  Preventer
EN
A rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it WordNet 3.0
English:
sailing
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A rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A brace on a square-rigged ship is a rope used to rotate a yard around the mast, to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind. Wikipedia
The lines used to rotate the yards around the mast Wikipedia Disambiguation
ship element; rope (line) used to rotate a yard around the mast, to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind Wikidata
A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon. Wiktionary
IS A
rope
ship element
HAS KIND
royal brace
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Sytin Military Encyclopedia
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
brace
Wikipedia
EN
brace (sailing)
Wikidata
EN
braces
Wiktionary
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brace
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
braces (sailing)
Wikidata Alias
EN
brase, Preventer

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