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