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Brace, английский
- See rail brace.
- Пара собак; смычок (две, обычно однопородные, собаки, работающие вместе на охоте, соревнованиях и т.п.)
- An inclined piece of framing lumber applied to wall or floor to strengthen the structure. often used on walls as temporary bracing until framing has been completed.
- Расчалка; скоба; связь
- Grapa, tirante, tensor, abrazadera
- Any type of splint or appliance worn for support, e.g. a metal support used on children’s legs to make the bones straight or on teeth which are forming badly she wore a brace on her front teeth.
- N полигр. фигурная скобка
- Брас; оттягивать, выносить
- The braces are ropes belonging to all the yards of a ship; two to each yard, rove through blocks that are stropped to the yards, or fastened to pendants, seized to the yard-arms. their use is either to square or traverse the yards horizontally; hence, to brace the yard, is to bring it to either side by means of the braces. in ship-building, braces are plates of iron, copper, or mixed metal, which are used to bind efficiently a weakness in a vessel; as also to receive the pintles by which the rudder is hung.
- [1] to stiffen or support something (from this is derived the term “brace yourself,” meaning prepare to meet a challenge or disappointment). [2] a device that holds something firmly. [3] to swing or turn the yards of a square-rigged vessel. [4] a brace is also running rigging consisting of a line rove through a block and stropped to the end of a square-rig yard to control its horizontal movement so that the sails catch the wind as efficiently as possible.
- A stiffening member running at an angle, in the vertical plane, between two legs of a drill tripod or derrick. sometimes improperly used to designate a stiffening member running in a horizontal plane between two legs of a drill tripod or derrick, which properly should be called a grit.
- A small handtool to which may be attached a metal- or wood-boring bit and by means of which the attached bit may be rotated.
- To shore up, or to strengthen with planks or heavy timber.
Chair (points), английский
See point slide chair.
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