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bracing by

bracing by is the present participle and gerund of brace by.

Meaning of brace by

Verb

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

  1. to bring the yards in opposite directions on different masts when doing certain maneuvers

Questions about bracing by

What is bracing by the present participle and gerund of?
Bracing by is the present participle and gerund of brace by.

Words near bracing by in the dictionary

  1. brachyury
  2. braciform
  3. bracing
  4. bracing aback
  5. bracing about
  6. bracing by
  7. bracing in
  8. bracing sharp
  9. bracing up
  10. bracingly
  11. bracingness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bracing by (page history and authors); brace by (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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