forebrace
English
Etymology
fore- + brace
Noun
forebrace (plural forebraces)
- (nautical) A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for forebrace in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)