( v. t. )
To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
( v. t. )
To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary. Пересмотренный полный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012