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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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Brace :: Brace (n.) The mouth of a shaft.

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

Truss :: Truss (n.) To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces..

Bird''s-eye :: Bird's-eye (a.) Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, general; not minute, or entering into details; as, a bird's-eye view..

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..

Brace :: Brace (n.) That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

Sankha :: Sankha (n.) A chank shell (Turbinella pyrum); also, a shell bracelet or necklace made in India from the chank shell..

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.

Bosom :: Bosom (n.) Embrace; loving or affectionate inclosure; fold.

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

Cuddle :: Cuddle (n.) A close embrace.

Unbrace :: Unbrace (v. t.) To free from tension; to relax; to loose; as, to unbrace a drum; to unbrace the nerves..

Receive :: Receive (v. t.) Hence: To gain the knowledge of; to take into the mind by assent to; to give admission to; to accept, as an opinion, notion, etc.; to embrace..

Accouplement :: Accouplement (n.) That which couples, as a tie or brace..

Embrace :: Embrace (v. t.) To fasten on, as armor..

Rerebrace :: Rerebrace (n.) Armor for the upper part of the arm.

Strut :: Strut (n.) Any part of a machine or structure, of which the principal function is to hold things apart; a brace subjected to compressive stress; -- the opposite of stay, and tie..

Embracer :: Embracer (n.) One who embraces.

Bracelet :: Bracelet (n.) A piece of defensive armor for the arm.

Vambrace :: Vambrace (n.) The piece designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist.