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Brail vs Brawl - What's the difference?

brail | brawl |

As nouns the difference between brail and brawl

is that brail is (nautical) a small rope used to truss up sails while brawl is a fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

As verbs the difference between brail and brawl

is that brail is to reef, shorten or strike sail using brails while brawl is to engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.

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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    brawl

    English

    (wikipedia brawl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fight, usually with a large number of people involved.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
  • To complain loudly; to scold.
  • To make a loud confused noise, as the water of a rapid stream running over stones.
  • * Wordsworth
    • where the brook brawls along the painful road