1.  brail(n = noun.artifact) - a small net used to draw fish into a boat;
is a kind of net

2.  brail(n = noun.artifact) - a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in;
is a kind of rope

1.  brail(v = verb.contact) - take in a sail with a brail;
is one way to furl, roll up
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

2.  brail(v = verb.competition) - haul fish aboard with brails;
is one way to fish
Sample sentences: In the summer they like to go out and brail

1.  A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing. [1913 Webster]

2.  Ropes passing through pulleys, and used to haul in or up the leeches, bottoms, or corners of sails, preparatory to furling. [1913 Webster]

3.  A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched. [1913 Webster]

   To haul up by the brails; -- used with up; as, to brail up a sail. [1913 Webster]