Counter brace

Coun´ter brace`

	1.	(Naut.) The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.
	2.	(Engin.) A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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