Counterbrace

Quick meaning: Counterbrace is a verb meaning (nautical, transitive) To brace in opposite directions.

Meaning

(nautical, transitive) To brace in opposite directions.

More Meanings

1. (engineering, transitive) To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted.

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

• counterbraces
• counterbracing
• counterbraced

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include upbrace, underbrace, brace, counterarm, bolster, bracket.

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