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Brail

(n.) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
(n.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.
(n.) A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
(v. t.) To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail.