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Brailed vs Brawled - What's the difference?

brailed | brawled |

As verbs the difference between brailed and brawled

is that brailed is (brail) while brawled is (brawl).

brailed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (brail)

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    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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    brawled

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (brawl)

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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