brail

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small rope used to truss up sails.
  2. A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
  3. A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
  4. A rope or line used to suspend lights or scenery in a certain position.
  5. The feathers around a hawk's rump. in-plural
动词 v.
  1. To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.
    — The winds blew at their own caprice and there was brailing and loosing of canvas.

词形变化

brails plural brails present,singular,third-person brailing participle,present brailed participle,past brailed past

词汇关系

衍生词
throat brail unbrail

词源

词源 1
From Middle English brayle, from Old French braiel, from Medieval Latin bracale (“girdle”) (from bracae (“breeches”)).
词源 2
From Middle English brayle, from Old French braiel, from Medieval Latin bracale (“girdle”) (from bracae (“breeches”)).
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