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brace in

brace in verb: to bring the yards more square to the fore and aft line.

Verb

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

  1. to bring the yards more square to the fore and aft line

Forms of brace in

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

Questions about brace in

What does brace in mean?
Brace in means to bring the yards more square to the fore and aft line.
What part of speech is brace in?
Brace in is a verb.
What is the past tense of brace in?
The past tense of brace in is braced in.

Words near brace in in the dictionary

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

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