bracer
1a person or thing that braces, binds, or makes firm.
Informal. a stimulating drink, especially one of liquor.
Origin of bracer
1Words Nearby bracer
Other definitions for bracer (2 of 2)
a guard or band worn over the wrist of the bow hand to protect it from the snap of the bowstring.
Origin of bracer
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How to use bracer in a sentence
That experience was the greatest bracer I had ever had in my life.
The Memoirs of an American Citizen | Robert Herrickbracer: a leathern defence for the arm: a similar shield is now worn in archery.
Chaucer for Children | Mrs. H. R. HaweisI wanted a bracer badly, I can tell you, for we had participated in a very strenuous evening.
Nat Goodwin's Book | Nat C. GoodwinAt length Connery steered him into a saloon for medicine and bought him a stiff bracer of whisky and vermouth.
We Can't Have Everything | Rupert HughesCelerina belongs to what Samuel Hopkins Adams calls the bracer type of nostrum.
British Dictionary definitions for bracer (1 of 2)
/ (ˈbreɪsə) /
a person or thing that braces
informal a tonic, esp an alcoholic drink taken as a tonic
British Dictionary definitions for bracer (2 of 2)
/ (ˈbreɪsə) /
archery fencing a leather guard worn to protect the arm
Origin of bracer
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