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braced about

braced about is the simple past and past participle of brace about.

Meaning of brace 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

Questions about braced about

What is braced about the simple past and past participle of?
Braced about is the simple past and past participle of brace about.

Words near braced about in the dictionary

  1. Bracebridges
  2. Braceby
  3. Braceby and Sapperton
  4. braced
  5. braced aback
  6. braced about
  7. braced by
  8. braced in
  9. braced sharp
  10. braced up
  11. braceface

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Adapted from Wiktionary: braced about (page history and authors); brace about (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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