Brases.
These Ropes doe belong to all the yards, excepting the Missen-yard, they have a pendant which is seased to the yard-armes; for to every yard, belongs two Brases, and at the end of a pendant, a block
The sea-mans dictionary, or, An exposition and demonstration of all the parts and things belonging to a shippe together with an explanation of all the termes and phrases used in the practique of navigation / composed by Henry Manwaring ...
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- The sea-mans dictionary, or, An exposition and demonstration of all the parts and things belonging to a shippe together with an explanation of all the termes and phrases used in the practique of navigation / composed by Henry Manwaring ...
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- Manwayring, Henry, Sir, 1587-1653.
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- London :: Printed by G. M. for John Bellamy ...,
- 1644.
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is seased, through which the Roape is reeved, which they call the Brase: The use whereof is, to square the yards and travers the yards: Brase the yard to right, that is to make it to stand just crosse the ship: To make right Angles with the length of the ship, all the brases doe come after∣ward-on-as the maine brase-to the Poope, the maine-top-saile Brase to the missen-top-and so to the main shrowds: The fort-and-fore-top-sayle brases, downe by the maine-and maine-top-sayle-stages; and so of the rest. The Missen bowling doth serve for a brase to the yard; but the crosse-jack brases, are brought forwards to the maine-shrowdes when we goe close by a wind.