(nautical) to bring the yards more square to the fore and aft line

simple past tense and past participle of brace

Having braces or similar supports. / (heraldry, of multiple figures of the same form) Interlaced.

A surname.

A surname from Old French.

plural of Brace

(engineering) The horizontal bracing of a bridge, which prevents it from swaying.

plural of sway-bracing

present participle of brace aback

present participle of brace up