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Definition of Royal brace
1. Noun. A brace to secure the royal mast.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Royal Brace
Literary usage of Royal brace
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rovings in the Pacific, from 1837 to 1849: With a Glance at Calfiornia by Edward] [Lucett (1851)
"The Captain imparts a Knowledge of the " royal brace." — Chinese Drawings lead
to a Threat of exhibiting the Pictures. — Cape de Verde and Tristan de Cunha. ..."
2. Thirty Years' View: Or, A History of the Working of the American Government by Thomas Hart Benton (1858)
"... after setting the main skysail, a sudden jerk of the weather main royal brace
given by Small and another, whose name I have not discovered, ..."
3. Correspondence of James Fenimore-Cooper by James Fenimore Cooper (1922)
"How long a period could have passed between the issuing the order to steady the
royal brace and its execution? Would not ten seconds be ample? ..."
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