Brace

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Brace may refer to:

Medical

Orthopaedic brace, a device used to restrict or assist body movement
- Back brace, a device limiting motion of the spine
  - Milwaukee brace, a kind of back brace used in the treatment of spinal curvatures
  - Boston brace, a kind of back brace used in the treatment of spinal curvatures
- Cervical collar, also called a neck brace, used to restrict neck movement
Dental braces, a device used to reposition teeth

Brace (tool), a hand tool for drilling holes, also known as a Bit Brace
Brace (theatre), a stabilizer for a piece of scenery
A reinforcement used in architecture, such as in timber framing
Wheel brace, aka lug wrench, used to remove nuts or bolts holding wheels to a vehicle
Guitar bracing, internal reinforcements of a classical or acoustic guitar
Aircraft bracing, struts and wires which stiffen and strengthen the airframe
Cross brace, a cross-beam connecting between arches that is meant to add rigidity to the construction of mining tunnels
Cross bracing, a system utilized to reinforce building structures in which diagonal supports intersect
Guy-wire, a tensioned cable designed to add stability to a free-standing structure

Brace (surname)
Brace, a term meaning "2" in a number of sports
Braces (clothing), known in American English as suspenders, elastic fabric straps used to support trousers
Brace (singer) (born 1986), a Dutch singer
Braces (sailing), the lines used to rotate the yards around the mast
Bracer, a strap or sheath used in archery
Brace position, a body stance used to prepare for a crash
Braces (punctuation), the "{" and "}" symbols
Curly bracket programming language, a programming language that uses braces
Bracing style, a type of indent style used in computer programming
Military brace, a body posture primarily used in military schools
Brace (music), connecting two staves
BRACE MMA organization