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brace about

brace about verb: to brace the ship's yards on the opposite tack when going about.

Verb

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

  1. to brace the ship's yards on the opposite tack when going about

Forms of brace about

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

Questions about brace about

What does brace about mean?
Brace about means to brace the ship's yards on the opposite tack when going about.
What part of speech is brace about?
Brace about is a verb.
What is the past tense of brace about?
The past tense of brace about is braced about.

Words near brace about in the dictionary

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

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