Antonyms for braces
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : breys |
| Phonetic Transcription : breɪs |
Definition of braces
Origin :- early 14c., "piece of armor for the arms," also "thong, strap for fastening," from Old French brace, braz "arms," also "length measured by two arms" (12c., Modern French bras "arm, power;" brasse "fathom, armful, breaststroke"), from Latin bracchia, plural of bracchium "an arm, a forearm," from Greek brakhion "an arm" (see brachio-). Applied to various devices for fastening and tightening on notion of clasping arms. Of dogs, "a couple, a pair" from c.1400.
- noun support
- verb support
- I was stationed at the braces, and quartered at the long thirty-two as second loader.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Some of them had not even taken time to put on their braces.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- He dragged off his coat and his waistcoat, and threw his braces over his shoulders.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- And threw back her head as one who braces herself for a trial of endurance.
- Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
- For braces and bracelets, any small border pattern may be adopted.
- Extract from : « The Ladies' Work-Table Book » by Anonymous
- Square the yards by lifts and braces before the hands go to breakfast.
- Extract from : « The Secret Sharer » by Joseph Conrad
- Oswald braces against the brick wall, facing "Five-Points Mission."
- Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee
- He exchanges it for a pair of braces and an insurance ticket.
- Extract from : « Personality in Literature » by Rolfe Arnold Scott-James
- At this moment, the sail-trimmers of the Plantagenet handled their braces.
- Extract from : « The Two Admirals » by J. Fenimore Cooper
- Where the two braces (B) cross each other they are secured together, as at D.
- Extract from : « Carpentry for Boys » by J. S. Zerbe
Synonyms for braces
- arm
- band
- bandage
- bar
- bearing
- bind
- block
- bolster
- boom
- bracer
- bracket
- buttress
- cantilever
- clamp
- fasten
- fortify
- gird
- girder
- grip
- guy
- hold up
- lever
- mainstay
- peg
- prepare
- prop
- rafter
- ready
- reinforce
- reinforcement
- rib
- shore
- shove
- skid
- splice
- splint
- staff
- stanchion
- stave
- stay
- steady
- steel
- stirrup
- strap
- strengthen
- strengthener
- strut
- support
- sustainer
- tie
- tighten
- truss
- underpinning
- uphold
- vice
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