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bracing sharp

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

Meaning of brace sharp

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

Questions about bracing sharp

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

Words near bracing sharp in the dictionary

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

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