Found 2 items, similar to Brail.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: brail brail n 1: a small net used to draw fish into a boat 2: a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in v 1: take in a sail with a brail 2: haul fish aboard with brails
English → English (gcide) Definition: Brail Brail \Brail\, v. t. (Naut.) To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail. [1913 Webster] || Brail \Brail\, n. [OE. brayle furling rope, OF. braiol a band placed around the breeches, fr.F. braies, pl., breeches, fr. L. braca, bracae, breeches, a Gallic word; cf. Arm. bragez. Cf. Breeches.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Falconry) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. (Naut.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling. [1913 Webster] 3. A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched. [1913 Webster]