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Y YACHT to YOKE YACHT YARD To brace the YARDS To square the YARDS DOCK-YARD YAW YAWL YEOMAN YOKE Search Contact us
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To brace the YARDSTo brace the YARDS, (braffer, Fr.) is to traverse them about the masts, so as to form greater or lesser angles with the ship's length. See BRACE.
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