This will prevent the vessel going off bodily to leeward; and if she labors heavily, the play of the mast would otherwise carry away the braces and sheets, or spring the yards.
Hoist the fore topmast staysail and back the fore topsail, hauling in the braces on the same side with the cable, so that she may cast to the opposite side.
Also, to arrange the sails by the braceswith reference to the wind.
In tacking ship, the second mate looks out for the lee fore and main braces, sees them belayed to one pin and clear for letting go, lets go the main braces at "Mainsail haul!
The head braces are not touched, but the yards remain braced as before.
He also steadies the weather braces as the yards come up.
A reefed sail should never be braced quite sharp up, and if there is a heavy sea and the vessel pitches badly, ease the braces a little, that the yard may play freely, and do not haul the leech too taut.
Sway away, cast off the stops, and take in upon the lower lift as the yard rises, till the yard is square; then haul taut lifts and braces and pass the parral.
The best way is to shiver the sail well till the yard is down, then brace it in with a slight full, make the braces fast, and luff up occasionally and shake the sail while the men are reefing.
The second mate sees the lee fore and main braces clear and ready for letting go, and stands by to let go the lee main braces, which may all be belayed to one pin.
Brace about the head yards, but keep the weather braces in, to moderate her falling off.
The chute can be fastened to the supporting braces through timbers E, F, into maple side strips with a good heavy log screw.
Four 5-inch braces are fastened in at the lower part of the upright.
Getting final possession, she was so close to the island that with much difficulty we got her off shore, all her braces and rigging being cut to pieces by our grape-shot.
All our braces and maintopsail yard were shot away, the foremast quite disabled, and the mainmast damaged.
Repeat these 4 rows till the braces are long enough.
These braces are knitted with coarse white cotton, taken double; the braces themselves are worked in brioche stitch, the lappets are knitted plain.
These braces are made of Java canvas lined with calico ornamented with embroidery in black silk and red wool, and edged on either side with loose button-hole stitch and crochet vandykes in red wool.
I behaved as if I did not believe it, and laughed, saying, 'If I make the braces for him, he will next wish that you should fasten them to his breeches.
Likewise, makers ofbraces and bits were commended for the number of excellent examples shown.
For days at a time would a broom and a heap of dust be left lying in the middle of a room, and trousers tossing about the salon, and pairs of worn-out braces adorning the what-not near the sofa.
The tops of thebraces should be mitred against B, and the bottoms spiked to stakes driven into the ground, as shown at C.
Four two-inch iron braces should be procured, and two of these screwed to the under side of the front and rear cleats, and to the sides of the runners, as shown in Fig.
The top edge of the frame should now be shaved off with a draw-knife, so that it will be on a line with the deck braces at every point (see Fig.
The curve of these bracesshould be the same as that of the deck beams, so it will be possible to put on the deck canvas neatly (see Figs.
But thebraces were kept fast and the unexpected happened.
The English sailors sprang back and up the sides and through the ports of their ship with frantic haste; the lashings were being rapidly cut by them, and the braces handled.
No, no; we dare not handle the braces yet,--not until the gear and spars have been well overhauled.
The braces tautened, and in so doing they hurled Dr Hopley violently to the deck, and tossed Ailie Dunning over the bulwarks into the sea.
But the Braces are very proper people, and the child may be a very nice child.
She had a singular contempt for all about her, though no hint that she was other than the child of the Braces had been given her.
The stiffness and formality of his appearance is partly occasioned by the braces which he very judiciously purchased of Martin Van Butchell, and partly by the pride of wealth and rank.
Next she braces up a bit, calls for an old carvin' knife and a kitchen spoon, and goes to work, the whole push watchin' her as if she was some freak in a cage.
The Bishop just looks from one to the other, and then he braces up and says, "Ferdinand, this is not possible, is it?
Course, seein' Hank had kind of prepared me for a change in Mrs. Merrity; so I braces myself for the shock and tries to forget the wrapper and carpet slippers.
He pulled on his trousers, caught up his coat, and slipped it on as he flew barefoot down the rough wooden stairs, with his woollen braces dangling behind him.
In this view can be seen the bonnet screen of the stack and arrangement of the boiler-frame braces and other details not visible from the floor.
Everything about the girl seemed to possess a strange fascination for him--her coloured neckerchief, her white bodice, her blue cotton skirt hanging from braces which stretched with the motion of her shoulders.
The braces were manned, as well as they could be, by Marble, Neb and the cook, while I kept an eye on the boat, with an occasional glance at the man at the wheel.
In fact, the figures 1698, let in as iron braces to the wall of the gable, announced that the house was quite as old as the second structure at Clawbonny.
Neb and Diogenes throwing their powerful force on the braces with a good-will, too, we soon had the Dawn braced sharp up, heading well to windward of the passage.
When this was done, I ordered the after-braces manned, and the leaches brought as near as possible to touching.
This invention relates to an improved method of constructing fence posts and consists in forming them of plank uprights supported by braces and held together by cross ties and keys.
Also, the arrangement of the rope, or its equivalent, with the several arms and their teeth, and the braces thereof, the said rope being to operate as and for the purpose specified.
The adjustable anchors or braces attached by metallic eyes and key, and the combination of the feet of the posts and base, substantially in the manner and for the purposes as herein described.
The next set of braces supports the weight of the rectangle included between the upper ends of the braces and the two chords, and the dimensions of the sticks are calculated in the same manner.
The posts in this bridge correspond to the braces of the Howe Truss, but being vertical, are not so large.
In Howe's bridge the adjustments must be made by wedging the braces and counters.
III; and the centre of pressure of the braces must be directly over a bolster, to prevent crippling.
The arch braces must all foot on an iron thrust block, of which a view is given in Fig.
Consequently the braces must increase in size from the centre towards the abutments.
These braces should not be fastened to the verticals,--but should be confined both laterally and vertically, where they pass them.
These counterbraces should not be pinned or bolted to the braces where the cross--as their action is thereby entirely altered--but it is well to so confine them as to prevent vertical or lateral motion.
Arch Braces or by the addition of Arches, as the heavy strains from the weight of bridge and load bearing on the feet of the braces near the abutments, tend to cripple and distort the truss by sagging, although the Baltimore Bridge Co.
It is more usual to have the tie rods of the horizontal diagonal bracing, and the braces themselves, meet in a point about midway of a Truss panel on the centre line, nearly, of the chord.
Slacken off those lee braces a bit, and haul in these to the weather-side!
Work, in moderation, enlivens the spirits, braces the nerves, and gives tone to the muscles, and thus strengthens the constitution.
Horse exercise is for both boys and girls a splendid exercise; it improves the figure, it gives grace to the movements, it strengthens the chest, it braces the muscles, and gives to the character energy and courage.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "braces" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: button; comma; fastener; girth; hanger; lacing; mark; punctuation; supporter; suspender
