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Webster 1913 Edition
Bracing
Bra′cing
,Adj.
Imparting strength or tone; strengthening; invigorating;
as, a
. bracing
north windBra′cing
,Noun.
1.
The act of strengthening, supporting, or propping, with a brace or braces; the state of being braced.
2.
(Engin.)
Any system of braces; braces, collectively;
as, the
. bracing
of a trussDefinition 2024
bracing
bracing
English
Verb
bracing
- present participle of brace
Adjective
bracing (comparative more bracing, superlative most bracing)
- Invigorating or stimulating.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 13
- Gaining the more open water, the bracing breeze waxed fresh; the little Moss tossed the quick foam from her bows, as a young colt his snortings.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:
- The stories did not seem to me to touch life. They were plainly intended to have a bracing moral effect, and perhaps had this result for the people at whom they were aimed.
- 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, chapter 13
Translations
stimulating
Noun
bracing (plural bracings)