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two brace of partridge(s) He scored a brace of goals. Word Origin Middle English (as a verb meaning ‘clasp, fasten tightly’): from Old French bracier ‘embrace’, from brace ‘two arms’, from Latin bracchia , plural of bracchium ‘arm’, from Greek brakhiōn .
brace something (specialist) to make something stronger or more solid by supporting it with something The roof was braced by lengths of timber. Word Origin Middle English (as a verb meaning ‘clasp, fasten tightly’): from Old French bracier ‘embrace’, from brace ‘two arms’, from Latin bracchia , plural of bracchium ‘arm’, from Greek brakhiōn .
Define brace. brace synonyms, brace pronunciation, brace translation, English dictionary definition of brace. a clamp; a support for a bodily part; a device that ...
noun. 9. two of a kind; a couple; pair, as of hounds, game animals, or pistols. 10. a device that clasps or connects to keep something firmly in place; fastener. 11. [pl.]; British. suspenders. 12. a device for setting up or maintaining tension, as a guy wire.
BRACE meaning: 1. to prepare for something difficult or unpleasant: 2. something that supports or holds something…. Learn more.
3 brace something to contract the muscles in your body or part of your body before doing something that is physically difficult He stood with his legs and shoulders braced, ready to lift the weights. 4 brace something ( technology ) to make something stronger or more solid by supporting it with something The roof was braced by lengths of timber.
Definition of brace noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
