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Definition of Braced
1. Adjective. Positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger. "He stood to attention with his shoulders braced"
2. Adjective. Held up by braces or buttresses.
Definition of Braced
1. Verb. (past of brace) ¹
2. Adjective. Having braces or similar supports. ¹
3. Adjective. (heraldry of multiple figures of the same form) Interlaced. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Braced
1. brace [v] - See also: brace
Lexicographical Neighbors of Braced
Literary usage of Braced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Building Construction and Superintendence by Frank Eugene Kidder (1915)
"THE braced OR FULL FRAME. In the framing of the walls of wooden buildings, three
methods may be followed: (I) the braced frame or full frame, ..."
2. A Text-book on Roofs and Bridges by Mansfield Merriman (1898)
"The term ' braced arch' is sometimes applied to the case where ... The latter
form is generally called the spandrel-braced arch. ..."
3. Treatise on the Theory of the Construction of Bridges and Roofs by De Volson Wood (1876)
"The preceding example shows that a truss may be braced so as not to change its
... In such cases it is only partially braced. A TRUSS IN WHICH THE PARTS ARE ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Suspension Bridges: Their Design, Construction and by David Barnard Steinman (1922)
"Types of braced-Chain Bridges.—A stiffening construction incorporated in the ...
A braced-chain suspension bridge is virtually an inverted arch in which the ..."
5. Analysis of Elastic Arches: Three Hinged, Two Hinged, and Hingeless, of by Joseph W. Balet (1907)
"(d) To compute the deflections of the arch under a load, see the computation of
the " Deflections of the Two-Hinged Spandrel-braced Arch," Art. 13, Chap. ..."
6. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1904)
"When, in the course of the writer's professional duties, the computation of a
three-span suspension bridge with braced cables came np, ..."
7. A Course on the Stresses in Bridge and Roof Trusses: Arched Ribs and by William Hubert Burr (1886)
"Stresses in braced Piers. The general treatment of stresses in braced piers may
be exemplified by that of a single " bent " represented by a skeleton ..."
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