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brace abox

brace abox verb: to bring the foreyards flat aback to stop the ship.

Verb

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

  1. (dated) To bring the foreyards flat aback to stop the ship.

Forms of brace abox

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

Questions about brace abox

What does brace abox mean?
Brace abox means to bring the foreyards flat aback to stop the ship.
What part of speech is brace abox?
Brace abox is a verb.
What is the past tense of brace abox?
The past tense of brace abox is braced abox.

Words near brace abox in the dictionary

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

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