BRACES - 2 reference results
Brace may refer to:
Medical
- Brace (orthopaedic), 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
- Cervical collar, also called a neck brace, used to restrict neck movement
- Dental braces (also called orthodontic braces), a device used to reposition teeth
Sport
- Brace (sports), a term in a number of sports
- Braces (sailing), lines found on some ships
- Bracer, a strap or sheath used in archery
Construction and industrial arts
- Brace (tool), a hand tool
- Brace (theatre), a stabilizer for a piece of scenery
- A reinforcement used in architecture, such as in timber framing
People with the surname Brace
- Charles Loring Brace (1826-1890), a contributing philanthropist in the field of social reform
- Jonathan Brace (1754-1837), a United States Representative from Connecticut
- Julia Brace (1807-1884), a deaf and blind woman who learned tactile American Sign Language
- Onllwyn Brace (born 1932), Wales rugby union captain
- Rick Brace, the current president of the CTV television network, a unit of CTVglobemedia
- William Brace (1865 - 1947), a member of British Parliament and Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
Other meanings
- Brace originally meant an arm or the two arms and then meant the length of two outstretched arms, i.e., about 2 yards or a fathom.
- This meaning for brace led to the other meanings such as embrace with ones arms, and support with one's arms.
- Brace position, a body stance used to prepare for a crash
- Curly brackets, the { and } symbols, also known as braces.
- Curly bracket programming language, a programming language that uses braces.
- Military brace, a body posture primarily used in military schools
- Braces (clothing), known in American English as suspenders, elastic fabric straps used to support trousers
- Straps found on some types of carriages
- A notation used to join two or more musical staffs
- A pair of like things
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