What does counter brace mean?
Counter brace means (nautical, transitive) To brace in opposite directions..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
(nautical, transitive) To brace in opposite directions..
To counterbrace the yards is to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
Here a, b, and c are the great ribs whose thrusts, in the direction of the arrows, are concentrated upon the pier, d, and are counterbraced by the flying buttress, e. In other words, the section through the vaulting conoid at half its vertical height gives the triangle, a, b, c, in A, and not the square, a, b, c, d, in B in the same figure.
Use counter brace when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Counter brace means (nautical, transitive) To brace in opposite directions..
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
To counterbrace the yards is to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
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