bracingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈbreɪsɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈbreɪsɪŋ/

Etymology: < brace v.¹

1. The action of embracing (obsolete), girding, binding tightly, lacing up, strengthening: see the verb.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [noun] > action of embracing

clippingc1230

embracingc1386

halsing1387

collinga1425

amplection1474

embracement1485

culling1490

bracingc1540

clasping1562

embrace1599

embrasure1609

hugging1616

bosoming1624

amplexation1634

embrassade1830

huddling1869

lapping-

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [noun] > binding > binding tightly

bracingc1540

stricture1649

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. viii. xx. f. 108^v/2 Ane deuyll in forme of woman..quhylk..tistit hym be voluptuous brasing to hir plesoure.

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 167 The brasing & beating of our Drums in the Pulpit.

1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 90 Oh the lacing, the bracing, the bonneting, the veiling, the gloving!

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 78 The moral sinew of the English must have been strong indeed when it admitted of such stringent bracing.

2. An appliance or arrangement for tying, fastening, supporting, or strengthening. literal and figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports

staffc1000

hold1042

source1359

legc1380

shorer1393

stabilimenta1398

upholder1398

sustentationa1400

undersetterc1400

bearinga1425

undersettinga1425

suppowellc1430

triclinec1440

sustentaclec1451

supportera1475

sustainerc1475

sustenal1483

stayc1515

buttress1535

underpinning1538

firmament1554

countenance1565

support1570

appuia1573

comfort1577

hypostasis1577

underpropping1586

porter1591

supportation1593

supportance1597

understaya1603

bearer1607

rest1609

upsetter1628

mountinga1630

sustent1664

underlay1683

holdfast1706

abutment1727

suppeditor1728

mount1739

monture1746

bed1793

appoggiatura1833

bracing1849

bench1850

under-pinner1859

bolster-piece1860

sustainer1873

table mount1923

1849 W. Fitzgerald tr. W. Whitaker Disputation Holy Script. 5 The Roman synagogue..hath need continually of new supports and bracings.

1861 Times 7 Oct. There were bracings on the top of the girders, which would have the effect of steadying them.

1883 Law Times Rep. 49 139/1 The standards were not secured by any ties or bracings of any kind.

Compounds

attributive (or ? the participle adj.), as in bracing-girdle, bracing-rope; bracing-chain n. a chain used to bind together the sides of a wagon bearing a heavy load.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > types of > other

breechgirdlea1300

demiceint1483

demi-girdle1533

bracing-girdle1552

purse-girdle1559

yellow ribbon1651

burdash1707

body belt1823

subcingulum1824

zoster1824

bell-girdle1833

hip girdle1853

Sam Browne belt1878

belly-band1888

waspie1957

tie belt1964

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > types of

warp1296

sewing-rope1336

viring-rope1336

wardrope1338

bast1357

breast rope1412

balk-line1506

waterline1626

shank1706

selvage1711

shroud hawser1744

white line1747

selvagee1750

cringle1787

staple-rope1794

bracing-rope1827

selvage-stropc1860

soga1860

four-cant1867

toggle-lanyard1874

maguey1908

snorter1950

snotter1950

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bracynge gyrdle, subcingulum.

1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 295 Fixing or loosening the bracing-ropes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

† bracingn.²

Forms: Also 1500s brasing.

Etymology: < brace v.² + -ing suffix¹.

Obsolete.

The action of assuming a bold or defiant attitude. In phrase facing and bracing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > defiance

despitec1380

cartel of defiancec1430

facing1481

facing and bracing1481

bearding1577

dare1594

braving1616

stouting1630

outbraving1631

affront1642

defiance1710

defial1793

bravadoing1809

bravading1812

defiantness1872

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 107 Whiche wyth grete facing and bracyng oppresse the poure peple.

1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 290/1 My Lordes, leue of your fasing and your brasing: for our Lord..will at length not bee out faced.

1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xii. 5) i. f. 39 Their importunate facing and bracing in woordes [L. improba verborum jactantia].

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

bracingadj.

Etymology: Formed as brace v.¹ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbracing.

That braces, girds, etc. Now used chiefly of the air or climate; formerly of tonic medicines.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [adjective] > cool > cool and fresh

airisha1642

bracing1761

brisk1837

crispy1841

crisp1869

1761 J. Rutty in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 476 A powerful..bracing..medicine.

1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 61 With belt, and spur, and bracing huntsman's dress.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xv. 221 His constitution might be strengthened by the cold of a more bracing climate.

1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. v. 154 Dry heat is bracing.

Derivatives

ˈbracingly adv. in a bracing manner, so as to brace.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adverb]

fasteOE

fastlyeOE

hardOE

hetefastea1225

file-fasta1250

sickerlyc1275

stiff1525

tighta1625

soundly1632

starkly1819

tightlya1865

bracingly1874

1874 Ellacombe in Church Bells 15 Sept. (1883) 808/1 The bolts had better be put in bracingly, that is, not perpendicularly.

ˈbracingness n. bracing quality.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [noun] > coolness and freshness

fraischeur1599

briskness1816

bracingness1876

1876 Fortn. Rev. Mar. 341 [The Engadine] has what may be termed a graduated scale of bracingness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

n.¹c1540

n.²1481

adj.1761

单词	bracing
释义	bracingn.¹ Brit. /ˈbreɪsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈbreɪsɪŋ/ Etymology: < brace v.¹ 1. The action of embracing (obsolete), girding, binding tightly, lacing up, strengthening: see the verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > embrace > [noun] > action of embracing clippingc1230 embracingc1386 halsing1387 collinga1425 amplection1474 embracement1485 culling1490 bracingc1540 clasping1562 embrace1599 embrasure1609 hugging1616 bosoming1624 amplexation1634 embrassade1830 huddling1869 lapping- the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > [noun] > binding > binding tightly bracingc1540 stricture1649 c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. viii. xx. f. 108^v/2 Ane deuyll in forme of woman..quhylk..tistit hym be voluptuous brasing to hir plesoure. a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 167 The brasing & beating of our Drums in the Pulpit. 1826 M. R. Mitford Our Village II. 90 Oh the lacing, the bracing, the bonneting, the veiling, the gloving! 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 78 The moral sinew of the English must have been strong indeed when it admitted of such stringent bracing. 2. An appliance or arrangement for tying, fastening, supporting, or strengthening. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports staffc1000 hold1042 source1359 legc1380 shorer1393 stabilimenta1398 upholder1398 sustentationa1400 undersetterc1400 bearinga1425 undersettinga1425 suppowellc1430 triclinec1440 sustentaclec1451 supportera1475 sustainerc1475 sustenal1483 stayc1515 buttress1535 underpinning1538 firmament1554 countenance1565 support1570 appuia1573 comfort1577 hypostasis1577 underpropping1586 porter1591 supportation1593 supportance1597 understaya1603 bearer1607 rest1609 upsetter1628 mountinga1630 sustent1664 underlay1683 holdfast1706 abutment1727 suppeditor1728 mount1739 monture1746 bed1793 appoggiatura1833 bracing1849 bench1850 under-pinner1859 bolster-piece1860 sustainer1873 table mount1923 1849 W. Fitzgerald tr. W. Whitaker Disputation Holy Script. 5 The Roman synagogue..hath need continually of new supports and bracings. 1861 Times 7 Oct. There were bracings on the top of the girders, which would have the effect of steadying them. 1883 Law Times Rep. 49 139/1 The standards were not secured by any ties or bracings of any kind. Compounds attributive (or ? the participle adj.), as in bracing-girdle, bracing-rope; bracing-chain n. a chain used to bind together the sides of a wagon bearing a heavy load. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > belt or sash > types of > other breechgirdlea1300 demiceint1483 demi-girdle1533 bracing-girdle1552 purse-girdle1559 yellow ribbon1651 burdash1707 body belt1823 subcingulum1824 zoster1824 bell-girdle1833 hip girdle1853 Sam Browne belt1878 belly-band1888 waspie1957 tie belt1964 society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > types of warp1296 sewing-rope1336 viring-rope1336 wardrope1338 bast1357 breast rope1412 balk-line1506 waterline1626 shank1706 selvage1711 shroud hawser1744 white line1747 selvagee1750 cringle1787 staple-rope1794 bracing-rope1827 selvage-stropc1860 soga1860 four-cant1867 toggle-lanyard1874 maguey1908 snorter1950 snotter1950 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bracynge gyrdle, subcingulum. 1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 295 Fixing or loosening the bracing-ropes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † bracingn.² Forms: Also 1500s brasing. Etymology: < brace v.² + -ing suffix¹. Obsolete. The action of assuming a bold or defiant attitude. In phrase facing and bracing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > defiance despitec1380 cartel of defiancec1430 facing1481 facing and bracing1481 bearding1577 dare1594 braving1616 stouting1630 outbraving1631 affront1642 defiance1710 defial1793 bravadoing1809 bravading1812 defiantness1872 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 107 Whiche wyth grete facing and bracyng oppresse the poure peple. 1541 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 290/1 My Lordes, leue of your fasing and your brasing: for our Lord..will at length not bee out faced. 1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xii. 5) i. f. 39 Their importunate facing and bracing in woordes [L. improba verborum jactantia]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). bracingadj. Etymology: Formed as brace v.¹ + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbracing. That braces, girds, etc. Now used chiefly of the air or climate; formerly of tonic medicines. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [adjective] > cool > cool and fresh airisha1642 bracing1761 brisk1837 crispy1841 crisp1869 1761 J. Rutty in Philos. Trans. 1760 (Royal Soc.) 51 476 A powerful..bracing..medicine. 1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 61 With belt, and spur, and bracing huntsman's dress. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xv. 221 His constitution might be strengthened by the cold of a more bracing climate. 1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. v. 154 Dry heat is bracing. Derivatives ˈbracingly adv. in a bracing manner, so as to brace. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adverb] fasteOE fastlyeOE hardOE hetefastea1225 file-fasta1250 sickerlyc1275 stiff1525 tighta1625 soundly1632 starkly1819 tightlya1865 bracingly1874 1874 Ellacombe in Church Bells 15 Sept. (1883) 808/1 The bolts had better be put in bracingly, that is, not perpendicularly. ˈbracingness n. bracing quality. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > cold weather > [noun] > coolness and freshness fraischeur1599 briskness1816 bracingness1876 1876 Fortn. Rev. Mar. 341 [The Engadine] has what may be termed a graduated scale of bracingness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.¹c1540n.²1481adj.1761
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bracingn.1

Compounds

† bracingn.2

bracingadj.

Derivatives

bracingn.¹

† bracingn.²