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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FOREBRACE

n.A rope applied to the fore yard-arm to change the position of the foresail.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FOREBRACE

FOREBRACE Fore "brace `, n. (Naut. )

 

Defn: A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.