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brail n. 卷帆索,抄网
vt. 用卷帆索卷,用抄网捞 卷帆索,抄网用卷帆索卷,用抄网捞 brail n 1: a small net used to draw fish into a boat 2: a small rope ( one of several) used to draw a sail in v 1: take in a sail with a brail 2: haul fish aboard with brailsPlaice \ Plaice\, n. [ F. plaise, plais, prob. fr. L. platessa flatish, plaice. See { Place}.] ( Zool.) ( a) A European food fish ({ Pleuronectes platessa}), allied to the flounder, and growing to the weight of eight or ten pounds or more. ( b) A large American flounder ({ Paralichthys dentatus}; called also { brail}, { puckermouth}, and { summer flounder}. The name is sometimes applied to other allied species. [ Written also { plaise}.] [ 1913 Webster] { Plaice mouth}, a mouth like that of a plaice; a small or wry mouth. [ R.] -- B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster]
Brail \ Brail\, v. t. ( Naut.) To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail. [ 1913 Webster]
Brail \ Brail\, n. [ OE. brayle furling rope, OF. braiol a band placed around the breeches, fr. F. braies, pl., breeches, fr. L. braca, bracae, breeches, a Gallic word; cf. Arm. bragez. Cf. { Breeches}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. ( Falconry) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk' s wing. [ 1913 Webster] 2. pl. ( Naut.) Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling. [ 1913 Webster] 3. A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched. [ 1913 Webster]
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