Brail

Brails, in a sailing ship, are small lines used to haul in or up the edges (leeches) or corners of sails, before furling.^[1] On a ship rig, these brails are most often found on the mizzen sail. The command is, hale up the brails, or, brail up the sails.^[2] The word brail comes from Middle English brayle, from Anglo-French braiel belt, strap, brail, alteration of Old French braiuel belt, probably ultimately from Latin braca pant.

A brail net is a type of net incorporating brail lines on a small fishing net on a boat or castnet.

A brail net used for casting is also referred to as an English net as opposed to a Spanish net.^[3]

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↑ Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.
↑ This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed (1728). "^{article name needed}". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
↑ Bucuvalas, Tina (18 October 2011). The Florida Folklife Reader. University Press of Mississippi. p. 257. ISBN 9781617031427. https://books.google.com/books?id=5uMaBwAAQBAJ&q=brail+net&pg=PA257. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

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[webster-1] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 1913.

[cyclopaedia-2] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed (1728). "^{article name needed}". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.

[3] Bucuvalas, Tina (18 October 2011). The Florida Folklife Reader. University Press of Mississippi. p. 257. ISBN 9781617031427. https://books.google.com/books?id=5uMaBwAAQBAJ&q=brail+net&pg=PA257. Retrieved 2 January 2019.

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Brail

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