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brace sharp

brace sharp verb: to bring the yards around to make the smallest possible angle with the fore and aft line when sailing close-hauled.

Verb

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

  1. to bring the yards around to make the smallest possible angle with the fore and aft line when sailing close-hauled

Forms of brace sharp

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

Questions about brace sharp

What does brace sharp mean?
Brace sharp means to bring the yards around to make the smallest possible angle with the fore and aft line when sailing close-hauled.
What part of speech is brace sharp?
Brace sharp is a verb.
What is the past tense of brace sharp?
The past tense of brace sharp is braced sharp.

Words near brace sharp in the dictionary

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

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