English Dictionary

brace

/bɹeɪs/

noun

(obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace. / (obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.

He wore a brace on his arm for protection.

意味（1）

(obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace.

意味（2）

(obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person's outstretched arms.

意味（3）

A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock.

意味（4）

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

意味（5）

A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension.

意味（6）

A thong used to regulate the tension of a drum.

The little bones of the ear drum do in straining and relaxing it as the braces of the war drum do in that.

意味（7）

The state of being braced or tight; tension.

the laxness of the tympanum, when it has lost its brace or tension

意味（8）

Harness; warlike preparation.

for that it stands not in such warlike brace

意味（9）

(typography) A curved, pointed line, also known as "curly bracket": { or } connecting two or more words or lines, which are to be considered together, such as in {role, roll}; in music, used to connect staves.

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A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (The plural in this sense is unchanged.) In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.

But you, my brace of lords, were I so minded,

I here could pluck his highness' frown upon you,

But you, my brace of lords, were I so minded, I here could pluck his highness' frown upon you, And justify you traitors

意味（11）

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

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(UK, Cornwall, mining) The mouth of a shaft.

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(UK, chiefly in the plural) Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.

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(plural in North America, singular or plural in the UK) A system of wires, brackets, and elastic bands used to correct crooked teeth or to reduce overbite.

意味（16）

(soccer) Two goals scored by one player in a game.

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