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Brail vs Brait - What's the difference?

brail | brait |

As nouns the difference between brail and brait

is that brail is (nautical) a small rope used to truss up sails while brait is a rough diamond.

As a verb brail

is to reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.

brail

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) A small rope used to truss up sails.
  • (falconry) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
  • A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.
  • :* 1993': The winds blew at their own caprice and there was '''brailing and loosing of canvas. — Anthony Burgess, ''A Dead Man in Deptford
  • References

    * * (1728)

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    brait

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A rough diamond.
  • (Webster 1913)