Forebrace

Fore´brace`

(Naut.) A rope applied to the fore yardarm, to change the position of the foresail.

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

References in classic literature

On the over- shadowed deck all hands stood by the forebraces wait- ing for my order.

(5) A derivation from ON stoe[??]ingr with a basic meaning of 'support' would point to braces, and I suggest that here forebraces, running to the stem of the ship, may be meant, perhaps as an extra precaution in the rough seas of the Channel.

Arthur's embarkation for Gaul in a fresh translation of Wace's Roman de Brut

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