a structural member used to stiffen a framework | a long horizontal timber to connect uprights |
a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring | brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull |
an appliance that corrects dental irregularities | a worker who strings |
a support that steadies or strengthens something else | a member of a squad on a team |
elastic straps that hold trousers up | |
a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it | |
either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material | |
a set of two similar things considered as a unit | |
two items of the same kind | |