Answer: brails
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BRAILSShip's hoisting ropes.
BRAILSSail ropes
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