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brace
to brace somebody: to grab; to shake up
bracelets
handcuffs
Belt and braces
(UK) Someone who wears belt and braces is very cautious and takes no risks.
brace up
brace up Also,
brace oneself. Summon up one's courage or resolve, as in
Brace up, we don't have much farther to go, or
Squaring his shoulders, he braced himself for the next wave. This idiom uses
brace in the sense of “to bolster” or “to strengthen.” The first term dates from the early 1700s, the variant from about 1500.
splice the mainbrace
nauticalTo affair and partake in an added allowance of alcoholic spirits, abnormally rum or grog, amidst associates of aggregation aboard a sea vessel. The mainbrace (also spelled "main brace") is a brace absorbed to the capital backyard on sailing ships. "Splicing the mainbrace" originally referred to the actual difficult job of acclimation this brace, one which becoming the repairman an added allowance of spirits; eventually, this aureate accessory acceptation became the primary one. As allotment of the celebrations for her Diamond Jubilee, the Queen gave the adjustment to all in the Royal Navy to braid the mainbrace as a action of acceptable cheer.Learn more: splicesplice the capital brace
1 (in the Royal Navy) serve out an added tot of rum. 2 serve out or alpha to absorb alcoholic drinks. British informal A sailing ship's capital brace is a braiding absorbed to its capital spar. Splicing it (making a affiliation in it by interweaving strands) would accept been a decidedly arduous task, and the byword apparently arose from the custom of application sailors who did it an added allowance of rum.Learn more: brace, main, splice
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