English
forebrace
From fore- + brace.
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before, formerly’
Proto-Germanic *fura- ‘before, in front of, for’
Proto-West Germanic *forē- ‘before, in front of, fore-, pre-’
English fore-
Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ- ‘short’
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Latin bracchium ‘arm’
Latin bracchia
Old French brace ‘arm’
Middle English brace ‘Vambrace’
English brace
Today it means
noun A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / forebrace