Brail

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A thong of soft leather to bind up a hawk's wing.

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

3. A stock at each end of a seine to keep it stretched.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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