The Collaborative International Dictionary
Forebrace
Forebrace \Fore"brace`\, n. (Naut.) A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.
Wiktionary
forebrace
n. (context nautical English) A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.
Usage examples of "forebrace".
Tewsley at the forebrace bitts why he is absent when parts-of-ship for exercise has been piped!
On the over-shadowed deck all hands stood by the forebraces waiting for my order.