mainbrace

British  

/ ˈmeɪnˌbreɪs /

noun

1. nautical a brace attached to the main yard

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Example Sentences

The men on board give a loud cry; the chief mate springs wildly to the starboard quarter, and, making the end of the mainbrace hanging there fast round his waist, drops into the sea.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick

O, my dear eyes! what a relief it was to Mr. Migott and myself to find ourselves in our floating castle, boxing the compass, dancing the hornpipe, and splicing the mainbrace freely in our ocean-home.

From Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot by Collins, Wilkie

We did not forget Empire Day and duly "spliced the mainbrace."

From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir

Then he doled out the latter and ordered the mainbrace to be spliced.

From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon

I guess though, as ye’re so precious merry, ye might hev a pull taken at thet lee mainbrace.

From The Island Treasure by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)