noun
- ropes or lines used to gather up the foot or lower edge of a sail
Usage: nautical
verb
- to haul up or gather in a sail using brails
Usage: nautical
Examples
- The crew quickly pulled the brails to furl the mainsail.
- Strong winds forced them to brail up the foresail.
- The captain ordered the sailors to secure the brails.
- They used the brails to control the sail’s shape.
- The experienced sailor knew how to brail the sail efficiently.
- Heavy weather required them to brail all sails immediately.