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brace aback

brace aback verb: to bring the wind onto the forward side of the sails to slow the ship.

Verb

brace aback (third-person singular simple present braces aback, present participle bracing aback, simple past and past participle braced aback)

  1. to bring the wind onto the forward side of the sails to slow the ship

Forms of brace aback

third-person singular presentbraces aback
present participlebracing aback
past participlebraced aback
pastbraced aback

Questions about brace aback

What does brace aback mean?
Brace aback means to bring the wind onto the forward side of the sails to slow the ship.
What part of speech is brace aback?
Brace aback is a verb.
What is the past tense of brace aback?
The past tense of brace aback is braced aback.

Words near brace aback in the dictionary

  1. braccio
  2. Bracco
  3. Bracco Italiano
  4. Braccos
  5. brace
  6. brace aback
  7. brace about
  8. brace abox
  9. brace by
  10. brace in
  11. brace of shakes

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