brail /bɹeɪl/noun 5verb 1forms 3 noun5 •A small rope used to truss up sails. •A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing. •A rope or line used to suspend lights or scenery in a certain position. •[in the plural] The feathers around a hawk's rump. •A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched. verb1 •To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.The winds blew at their own caprice and there was brailing and loosing of canvas. — 1993 formsbrailed · brailing · brails
