English Dictionary

brail

/bɹeɪl/

noun

(nautical) A small rope used to truss up sails. / (falconry) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing. / A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.

The sailor used a brail to secure the sail.

意味（1）

(nautical) A small rope used to truss up sails.

意味（2）

(falconry) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.

意味（3）

A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.

意味（4）

(theater) A rope or line used to suspend lights or scenery in a certain position.

意味（5）

(in the plural) The feathers around a hawk's rump.