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Counter Brace

Webster's Dictionary

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(1):

A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive.

(2):

The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Counter Brace'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/counter-brace.html. 1828.
 
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