brace

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to prepare or steady oneself; a support or a pair

   They braced themselves against the howling wind.

From Old French brace ('two arms, an embrace; a measure of length'), from Latin bracchia ('arms'), plural of bracchium ('arm'), from Ancient Greek brakhiōn ('arm'). The verb sense comes from clasping or tightening with the arms.

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