brail

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A small rope used to truss up sails.
2. isim A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
3. isim A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
4. isim A rope or line used to suspend lights or scenery in a certain position.
5. isim The feathers around a hawk's rump.
6. fiil To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.

   “The winds blew at their own caprice and there was brailing and loosing of canvas.”