noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Synonym of brail (“rope for trussing sails”).

   "During the day the brailings were rolled up and tied with tapes."

2. 2
   Any of the loops at the base of a tent that allow it to be secured with pegs.

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of brail form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

brail

Example

More examples

"During the day the brailings were rolled up and tied with tapes."

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.