Definition:
brails
- brailsa. to gather or haul in (a sail) by means of brails (usually fol. by up) b. to transfer (fish) from a net to the hold of a ship
- brailsleather binding for a hawk's wings, to prohibit flight
- brailsto bind (the wings of a bird) in order to prevent it from flying
- brailsany of several horizontal lines fastened to the edge of a fore-and-aft sail or lateen sail, for gathering in the sail
- brailsBRAIL, to haul in a sail