main brace

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. a brace leading to a main yard.

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Etymology

Origin of main brace

First recorded in 1480–90

Example Sentences

From England, King George personally ordered an extra round of grog for all hands with the time-honored phrase: "Splice the main brace."

From Time Magazine Archive

Tailing onto the heavy rope of the main brace was a runty, down-cheeked lad of 16 named Jimmy Bisset.

From Time Magazine Archive

My advice was to grease the bowsprit, let go the mast, and splice the main brace.

From Tracks of a Rolling Stone by Coke, Henry J. (Henry John)

“Raise tacks and sheets!” and the fore-tack and main sheets were cast-off, while the weather main brace was hauled taut.

From On Board the Esmeralda Martin Leigh's Log - A Sea Story by Overend, William Heysham

In anchoring, you are at the main clew-lines, and the main brace.

From Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Optic, Oliver