See Also: brace 2, noun(dictionary)
brace(4)(dictionary)
Brace(medicine)
brace(3)(dictionary)
brace(2)(dictionary)
Brace(health)
brace(1)(dictionary)
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brace 1, verb(dictionary)
Brace, Milwaukee(health)

brace 2, noun (oh)



2 n
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: 'two arms', from Latin bracchia, from bracchium 'arm']
[C] something that is used to strengthen or support something, or to make it stiff
::The miners used special braces to keep the walls from collapsing.
neck/back/knee brace
(=a brace which supports the neck etc)
::He was being fitted for a back brace.
::She had to wear a brace after the accident.
[C] also braces AmE
a system of metal wires that people, usually children, wear on their teeth to make them grow straight
[C usually plural] AmE a metal support that someone with weak legs wears to help them walk
British Equivalent: callipers
braces [plural] BrE two long pieces of material that stretch over someone's shoulders and fasten to their trousers at the front and the back to stop them falling down
American Equivalent: suspenders
[C] one of a pair of signs { } used to show that information written between them should be considered together
-see also bracket bracket
a brace of sth
especially BrE two things of the same type, especially two birds or animals that have been killed for food or sport
::a brace of partridge