English noun: brail | |||
1. | brail (artifact) a small net used to draw fish into a boat | ||
Broader (hypernym) | net | ||
2. | brail (artifact) a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in | ||
Broader (hypernym) | rope | ||
English verb: brail | |||
1. | brail (contact) take in a sail with a brail | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | furl, roll up | ||
2. | brail (competition) haul fish aboard with brails | ||
Examples | In the summer they like to go out and brail | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | fish | ||