brace about

verb

to brace the ship's yards on the opposite tack when going about

Meanings

verbbrace about (third-person singular simple present braces about, present participle bracing about, simple past and past participle braced about)

present singular third person braces about · participle present bracing about · participle past braced about · past braced about

  1. nauticalto brace the ship's yards on the opposite tack when going about
Cite this entry
APA

brace about. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brace%20about

MLA

“brace about.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brace%20about. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brace about,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brace%20about.

Source: brace about on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.