The courses were brailed up, the topsails closely reefed, and she was brought to the wind, so that they might pull up under her lee.
The courses were brailed up, the ship's head was brought to the wind.
Of course, if the weather is very wet, the commencement of hack should be deferred till it is more settled, and the hawks brailed and let loose in an empty room or loft.
She may be brailed and kept in a spare room, with or without her sisters and brothers.
Then he brailed his foresail, hauled the jib-sheet over, lowered his gaff, and put his helm hard down.
Her jib and jigger were bothbrailed at that instant.
The courses were accordingly brailed up, and the top-gallant-sails furled, and under easy sail we stood up the inner harbour.
Sails were brailed up, and at the proper moment down fell the ponderous anchor--splash--with its unfettered cable rumbling to the coral beds of Papeetee!
As the boat struck the bank, he brailed up the sail, and jumped ashore with the painter in his hand.
Paul, as he leaped forward, and brailed up the sail.
Down went her helm; studdingsail booms were cracking away on either side; royal and topgallant sheets were let fly; topsails and courses were clewed or brailed up, and the Spaniard yielded himself to the mercy of his captors.
There she remained gliding on, with her courses brailed up, keeping pace with the Indiaman.
If the answer was satisfactory, we brailed the foresail and permitted the boat to come alongside.
Mr. Trant perceiving that the Tompkins wished to speak us in passing, brailed his foresail and let her luff up close under our lee.
When we were a little on John Bull's weather bow, we brailed the foresail, and gave him several rounds, within a pretty fair distance.
The foresail was lowered and the mainsail partly brailed up, so that she had only way on her sufficient to stem the tide.
The peculiarity of their rig is that they have no boom to their mainsail, which in shape somewhat resembles a barge-sail, and, like it, can in a moment be brailed completely up.
The courses were next brailed up, but it was hard work to stow them.
Strange, hurried, and somewhat confused thoughts passed through Harry Mulford's mind, as he brailed his sail, and waited for his captors to approach and take possession of his boat and himself.
Had he had the force to do it, he would have brailed the foresail.
Jack had brailed the sail, and he brought the painter ashore, and fastened it securely to a fragment of stone, that made a very sufficient anchor.
The sail had been brailed when the boat reached the rock, and the boat itself lay on the side of the latter opposite to the brig, and where no part of it could be seen to those on board the Swash, with the exception of the mast.
The main-topgallantsail was let fly, the main-topsail brailed up so as to take the strain off the yard.
The mainsail and foresail having been brailed up and handed, Owen ordered the crew aloft to furl the main-topsail.
The studding sail was brailed up, and Isabel was seated at the open entrance.
A light studding sail formed the door, which could be brailed up or let down at the desire of the occupant.
He then loosened the line that brailedup the sail, got the stone that served as an anchor on board, hauled the sheet aft, and took his place at the tiller.
The captain glanced his eye round, and then ordered the courses to be brailed up, and the main top-sail to be backed, so as to lay the ship to.
The rest who remained, I zealously assisting them, cleaved and brailedup the sails.
Top-gallant-sails were quickly stowed, three reefs were taken in the topsails, and the courses were brailed up and furled.
The top-gallant yards were dropped and squared, and the sails brailed up.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "brailed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
