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Webster 1913 Edition
Counterbrace
Coun′ter-braceˊ
,Verb.
T.
1.
(Naut.)
To brace in opposite directions;
as, to
. counterbrace
the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another2.
(Engin.)
To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted; to apply counter braces to.
Definition 2024
counterbrace
counterbrace
English
Verb
counterbrace (third-person singular simple present counterbraces, present participle counterbracing, simple past and past participle counterbraced)
- (nautical, transitive) To brace in opposite directions.
- To counterbrace the yards is to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
- (engineering, transitive) To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted.