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'''Brails''', in a [[ship]], are small ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the [[Parts_of_a_sail#The_edges|leeches]], bottoms, or corners of [[sail]]s, before [[Furl (sailing)|furling]] <ref name="webster">''Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary'', 1913.</ref>. These brails belong only to the two [[Course (sail)|course]]s and the [[mizzen]] sail. The command is, ''hale up the brails'', or, ''brail up the sails'' <ref name="cyclopaedia">{{1728}}</ref>.
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==References==
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[[Category:Nautical terms]]
[[Category:Sailing vessels and rigging]]
[[Category:Sailboat anatomy]]
[[Category:Ropework]]
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