Brail

Elsewhere (and prevalently) confusing or misleading information is given (e.g., [at brail] "Earlier spelled brale, it came from Old French, braile, belt."): Is the inference to be that the modern English word brail was borrowed from Old French in the fifteenth century? ❋ Unknown (1986)

Why can't kids modeling clothes in adverts have Down's syndrome, newscasters be wheelchair users, and continuity voices be reading brail? ❋ Unknown (2011)

I don't believe there's a brail version of the trailer. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I wish I had brail e-mail ... but since I dont, somebody read this to Brutha Patterson, the Clintons have LOST their MOJO ... ❋ Unknown (2008)

Caroline smiles before reaching out to touch a shapeless shadow dancing on the wall, closing her eyes as the bumps in the primer serve brail to oncoming dreams. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Audio book, large print, small print, Japanese text and brail. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He learned the equipment: the jesses, the hood, the brail, the leash that bound the bird to his wrist. ❋ Cassandra Clare (2009)

For those of you unfamiliar with this "ancient" form of communication, the telex was only marginally more advanced than smoke signals, and required the typing of a brail-like tape, later fed through the contraption, words supposedly being spit out on the recipients 'machine. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Do u tink handee-kat can obsoe reed brail wif whiskus? ❋ Unknown (2008)

That the platform of action will address issues which unite women in action and include the Beijing platform of action, social upliftment, Crime and human Trafficking, access to information through the translation of all government documents into all languages including brail and other issues as may be identified by the PWM. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Facilitating access to information through amongst others the translation of all government documents into all languages including brail. ❋ Unknown (2006)

From there, they would use the boom to lift the net into the boat, or brail the fish into the hold one large scoop at a time, or deliver the fish to a waiting tender -- Liam caught distant glimpses of three larger boats hanging around the perimeter of the action, but they weren't about to run into him so he ignored them. ❋ Stabenow, Dana (1998)

His hardest duty was supposed to be shinning up the ratlin to "reef," or "brail up," or "splice the mainbrace," or do some other of those mysterious things that caused him to look so mythical to the minds of land-lubbers and the simple-hearted kind of women that used to be, but now no longer are. ❋ Various (N/A)

Some of you brail up the spanker here and man the jib downhaul. ❋ J. [Illustrator] Schonberg (N/A)

I immediately passed over to the weather side, and as it looked a little darker than it had done, I ordered him to haul up the mainsail, and brail up the spanker, and directed the helm to be put up. ❋ J. F. Loubat (N/A)

Couple of you come aft here and brail up the spanker! ❋ Various (N/A)

It is pleasant to watch the play of muscle, and attitudes, and the flicker of the reflected blue sky on their brown perspiring backs as they swarm up the sloping yards and cotton sails to brail up. ❋ Unknown (1900)

They may be looking at us over there, so we will hoist the English flag at once; and as we are nearing them a little too rapidly, better brail up the fore and main sails, and take in the royals and the fore and mizzen topgallantsails for the present, and slack off the running gear. ❋ Cyrus Townsend Brady (1890)

Get in all your light flying kites first of all, and stow them snugly; then brail in your mizzen and stow it; let run your staysail halliards, and haul up your courses. ❋ Harry Collingwood (1886)

"man, i read [debbie's] brail [the other night]!" "dude, i brailed her weeks ago!" "I bet [she goes] home and brails herself every night" ❋ Coco_nutz (2007)

[tippin] back a few [and one] of your friends [spills] his beer. brail ❋ Papoose1093 (2011)

That kid [ain't] no [gangsta], hes just throwin' [brail] around to look cool. ❋ CarminaPiranha (2011)

Dude: I would like to go out with you but if have to ask you something... Girl: Yes [what is it]? Dude:...........Do you have [pancake nipples] with alot of [brail] on them??? It really grosses me out! ❋ FamilyGuyStewie (2008)

[My girlfriend's] nipple braile [says] "[suck] here." ❋ Swankywanky (2011)

[Car] swerves towards [shoulder]... "[Stop] readin' braile, man!" ❋ Anonymous (2004)

"[Dude], [check out] the tummy-brail on that [stripper]!" ❋ The Skipper-Dipper (2015)

[OMFG] [that guy] is such a [brail face]. ❋ Figglewaggle (2006)

[Sheri] was [mortified] to find out that [Glen] had brail dick. ❋ Rebuff (2014)

"Dude, hooked up with that [academy] chick last night, [absolutely nothing] to grab on, I felt like I was [reading brail]" ❋ Michael Salvatore (2008)