Definition of brail

• n. - A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
• n. - Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.
• n. - A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
• v. t. - To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail.
• n. - A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.
• n. - Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling.
• n. - A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.
• v. t. - To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail.