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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Accouplement :: Accouplement (n.) That which couples, as a tie or brace..
Embracement :: Embracement (n.) A clasp in the arms; embrace.
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.
Embrace :: Embrace (n.) To include as parts of a whole; to comprehend; to take in; as, natural philosophy embraces many sciences..
Cross-spall :: Cross-spall (n.) One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl..
Armlet :: Armlet (n.) An arm ring; a bracelet for the upper arm.
Coll :: Coll (v. t.) To embrace.
Engender :: Engender (v. i.) To come together; to meet, as in sexual embrace..
Brace :: Brace (n.) That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
Grasp :: Grasp (n.) A gripe or seizure of the hand; a seizure by embrace, or infolding in the arms..
Brace :: Brace (n.) A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock..
Abox :: Abox (adv. & a.) Braced aback.
Compress :: Compress (v. t.) To embrace sexually.
Embracive :: Embracive (a.) Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.
Cuddle :: Cuddle (n.) A close embrace.
Pointer :: Pointer (n.) Diagonal braces sometimes fixed across the hold.
Collingly :: Collingly (adv.) With embraces.
Strict :: Strict (a.) Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature..
Stretcher :: Stretcher (n.) A narrow crosspiece of the bottom of a boat against which a rower braces his feet.
Round :: Round (n.) The step of a ladder; a rundle or rung; also, a crosspiece which joins and braces the legs of a chair..
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