| BRACE | • brace n. (Obsolete) Armor for the arm; vambrace. • brace n. (Obsolete) A measurement of length, originally representing a person’s outstretched arms. • brace n. A curved instrument or handle of iron or wood, for holding and turning bits, etc.; a bitstock. |
| EMBRACE | • embrace v. (Transitive) To clasp (someone or each other) in the arms with affection; to take in the arms; to hug. • embrace v. (Transitive, figuratively) To seize (something) eagerly or with alacrity; to accept or take up with… • embrace v. (Transitive, figuratively) To submit to; to undergo. |
| REBRACE | • rebrace v. To brace again. • REBRACE v. to brace again. |
| SUBRACE | • subrace n. (Taxonomy) A secondary or subsidiary race. • SUBRACE n. a subdivision of a race. |
| UNBRACE | • unbrace v. (Transitive) To undo, unfasten; to relax, loosen. • UNBRACE v. to free from braces. |
| VAMBRACE | • vambrace n. (Historical) The piece of armor designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist. • vambrace n. (Historical) The pieces of armor protecting the arm from the shoulder to the wrist. • VAMBRACE n. (historical) a piece of armour designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist, also VANTBRACE, VANTBRASS. |
| MAINBRACE | • mainbrace n. (Nautical) The rope (or sheet) used to control the main yard. The main yard is the spar set across the… • MAINBRACE n. the brace attached to the mainyard. |
| REEMBRACE | • reembrace v. To embrace again. • reëmbrace v. Alternative form of reembrace. • re-embrace v. Alternative spelling of reëmbrace. |
| REREBRACE | • rerebrace n. (Historical) Armour for the upper part of the arm. • REREBRACE n. armour for the arm from shoulder to elbow. |
| VANTBRACE | • vantbrace n. Alternative form of vambrace. • VANTBRACE n. (historical) a piece of armour designed to protect the arm from the elbow to the wrist, also VAMBRACE, VANTBRASS. |
| COUNTERBRACE | • counterbrace v. (Nautical, transitive) To brace in opposite directions. • counterbrace v. (Engineering, transitive) To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted. • COUNTERBRACE v. to brace or fasten (the head-yards and after-yards) in opposite ways. |
| THOROUGHBRACE | • thoroughbrace n. (Dated) A leather strap supporting the body of a carriage, and attached to springs or serving as a spring itself. • THOROUGHBRACE n. any of several leather straps supporting the body of a carriage and serving as springs. |