Brace

hōkai

(structural piece used for support, often diagonal)

hōngai

(structural piece used for support, often diagonal)

kaumahaki

(structural piece used for support, often diagonal)

perehi

(straps or bands to sustain trousers)

tauhōkai

(structural piece used for support, often diagonal)

tauteka

(that which holds tightly)

tauteka

(structural piece used for support, often diagonal)

tōpū

(a pair)

whanganga

(measure of length representing a person's outstretched arms — see also fathom, toise)

tauteka

(to furnish with braces; to support; to prop)

whakaniwha

(intransitive: to prepare for something bad)

whakatete

(to furnish with braces; to support; to prop)