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brail
English
Etymology
From Middle English brayle, from Old French braiel, from Medieval Latin bracale (“girdle”) (from bracae (“breeches”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?e?l/
- Rhymes: -e?l
Noun
brail (plural brails)
- (nautical) A small rope used to truss up sails.
- (falconry) A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
- A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
- (theater) A rope or line used to suspend lights or scenery in a certain position.
- (in the plural) The feathers around a hawk's rump.
Verb
brail (third-person singular simple present brails, present participle brailing, simple past and past participle brailed)
- To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.
References
- brail in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.
Anagrams
- Arbil, Baril, Blair, Bliar, Libra, Rabil, libra
Middle English
Noun
brail
- Alternative form of brayle
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Etymology
From Middle English barail.
Noun
brail (plural brailès)
- barrel
References
- Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN
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brawl
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /b???l/
- (General American) IPA(key): /b??l/
- (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /b??l/
- Rhymes: -??l
Etymology 1
The verb is derived from Late Middle English braulen, brall, brallen (“to clamour, to shout; to quarrel; to boast”); further etymology is uncertain, but the word could be related to bray and ultimately imitative. It may be cognate with Danish bralle (“to chatter, jabber”), Dutch brallen (“to boast”), Low German brallen (“to brag”), Middle High German pr?len (“to boast, flaunt”) (modern German prahlen (“to boast, flaunt, vaunt”)).
The noun is derived from Middle English brall, bralle, braul, braule, brawle (“disturbance, squabble; brawl”), from the verb braulen: see above.
Noun
brawl (plural brawls)
- A disorderly argument or fight, usually with a large number of people involved.
- Synonyms: row, scuffle, squabble; see also Thesaurus:dispute, Thesaurus:fight
Derived terms
- brawly
Translations
Verb
brawl (third-person singular simple present brawls, present participle brawling, simple past and past participle brawled)
- (intransitive) To engage in a brawl; to fight or quarrel.
- Synonyms: squabble, wrangle
- (intransitive) To create a disturbance; to complain loudly.
- (intransitive) Especially of a rapid stream running over stones: to make a loud, confused noise.
- (transitive) To pour abuse on; to scold.
Conjugation
Derived terms
- brawler
- brawling (noun)
Translations
Etymology 2
Possibly from French branler (“to shake”), from Old French brandeler (“to shake, wave; to agitate”), from brand, branc (“blade of a sword”), from Vulgar Latin *brandus (“firebrand; flaming sword; sword”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *b?renu- (“to burn”).
Verb
brawl (third-person singular simple present brawls, present participle brawling, simple past and past participle brawled)
- (intransitive, obsolete) To move to and fro, to quiver, to shake.
- Synonyms: vibrate, waver
Etymology 3
From French branle (“type of dance; an act of shaking, a shake”), from branler (“to shake”), from Old French brandeler (“to shake, wave; to agitate”); see further at etymology 2.
Alternatively, the word could be derived from brawl (“(obsolete) to move to and fro, quiver, shake”): see etymology 2.
Noun
brawl (plural brawls)
- (dance, obsolete) A type of dance move or step.
- (dance, music, historical) Alternative form of branle (“dance of French origin dating from the 16th century, performed by couples in a circle or a line; the music for this dance”)
Notes
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