9. pl.
Defn: Straps or bands to sustain trousers; suspenders.
I embroidered for you a beautiful pair of braces. Thackeray.
10. Harness; warlike preparation. [Obs.] For that it stands not in such warlike brace. Shak.
11. Armor for the arm; vantbrace.
12. (Mining)
Defn: The mouth of a shaft. [Cornwall] Angle brace. See under Angle.
BRACE
Brace, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Braced; p. pr. & vb. n. Bracing.]
1. To furnish with braces; to support; to prop; as, to brace a beam in a building.
2. To draw tight; to tighten; to put in a state of tension; to strain; to strengthen; as, to brace the nerves. And welcome war to brace her drums. Campbell.
3. To bind or tie closely; to fasten tightly. The women of China, by bracing and binding them from their infancy, have very little feet. Locke. Some who spurs had first braced on. Sir W. Scott.