What does brace about mean?

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brace about

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

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braces about (present, singular) bracing about (participle, present) braced about (participle, past) braced about (past)

What does brace about mean?: to brace the ship's yards on the opposite tack when going about

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