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Definition of brace

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Brace (n.) A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell..

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Bracer :: Bracer (n.) A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string; also, a brassart..

Infold :: Infold (v. t.) To clasp with the arms; to embrace.

Wimble :: Wimble (n.) A stonecutter's brace for boring holes in stone.

Brace :: Brace (n.) The state of being braced or tight; tension.

Brace :: Brace (n.) A rope reeved through a block at the end of a yard, by which the yard is moved horizontally; also, a rudder gudgeon..

Toed :: Toed (a.) Having the end secured by nails driven obliquely, said of a board, plank, or joist serving as a brace, and in general of any part of a frame secured to other parts by diagonal nailing..

Embracive :: Embracive (a.) Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.

Shore :: Shore (n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a brace or support against the side of a building or other structure; a prop placed beneath anything, as a beam, to prevent it from sinking or sagging..

Strict :: Strict (a.) Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature..

Bracing :: Bracing (n.) Any system of braces; braces, collectively; as, the bracing of a truss..

Twine :: Twine (n.) To wind about; to embrace; to entwine.

Girth :: Girth (n.) A small horizontal brace or girder.

Accolade :: Accolade (n.) A brace used to join two or more staves.

Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To attempt to influence corruptly, as a jury or court..

Topgallant :: Topgallant (a.) Situated above the topmast and below the royal mast; designatb, or pertaining to, the third spars in order from the deck; as, the topgallant mast, yards, braces, and the like. See Illustration of Ship..

Vantbrass :: Vantbrass (n.) Armor for the arm; vambrace.

Logistics :: Logistics (n.) That branch of the military art which embraces the details of moving and supplying armies. The meaning of the word is by some writers extended to include strategy.

Round :: Round (n.) The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair..

Portal :: Portal (n.) The space, at one end, between opposite trusses when these are terminated by inclined braces..

Espouse :: Espouse (v. t.) To take to one's self with a view to maintain; to make one's own; to take up the cause of; to adopt; to embrace.