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brailed

brailed is the simple past and past participle of brail.

Meaning of brail

Verb

brail (third-person singular simple present brails, present participle brailing, simple past and past participle brailed)

  1. To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.
    • The winds blew at their own caprice and there was brailing and loosing of canvas.1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford

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Questions about brailed

What is brailed the simple past and past participle of?
Brailed is the simple past and past participle of brail.

Words near brailed in the dictionary

  1. Braidwood
  2. Braidwoods
  3. braidwork
  4. braies
  5. brail
  6. brailed
  7. brailer
  8. brailers
  9. Brailey
  10. Braileys
  11. brailing

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