Brace
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Brace may mean:
- Curly brackets, the { and } symbols, often used to define sets.
- Brace (grouping), a pair, two.
- Brace (architecture), a reinforcement or stabilizer in building.
- Brace (armor) or bracer, a wrist or forearm protector.
- Brace (drum), a slide for adjusting tension of a drum.
- Brace (musical notation) or accolade (musical notation), is used to join two or more staves.
- Brace (theatre), a support for a scenery flat in a theatre.
- Braces (clothing) (in American English - suspenders), a support for trousers, usually elasticated.
- Brace position, a stance to be adopted before an aircraft crash.
- Brace (cricket), in cricket, the act of taking two wickets with two successive deliveries of the ball.
- Brace (football) in football, the act of scoring two goals in a game.
- Brace (tool), a hand tool used to drill holes. Pressure is applied to the top and the tool is rotated with a U-shaped grip.
- Dental braces a metal device used to progressively straighten teeth.
- Brace (orthopaedic) (also Orthosis or Orthotic), a mechanical device used to address disorders of the locomotor system, its muscular and bone parts.
- Braces (sailing) lines used to move the yards of a sailing ship.
- Brace (hip hop), a Dutch hip hop artist.
- Long Leg Braces, a type of standing frame for the disabled
- Milwaukee brace, a type of back/body brace to correct for scoliosis or kyphosis.
- Brace, bracchio, or brasse, a long measure, comparable to a fathom.
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