brace

brace
{{11}}brace (n.) early 14c., "piece of armor for the arms," also "thong, strap for fastening," from O.Fr. brace, braz "arms," also "length measured by two arms" (12c., Mod.Fr. bras "arm, power;" brasse "fathom, armful, breaststroke"), from L. bracchia plural of bracchium "an arm, a forearm," from Gk. brakhion "arm" (see BRACHIO- (Cf. brachio-)). Applied to various devices for fastening and tightening on notion of clasping arms. Of dogs, "a couple, a pair" from c.1400.
{{12}}brace (v.) mid-14c., "to seize, grasp," also "wrap, enshroud; tie up, fetter," from O.Fr. bracier, from brace (see BRACE (Cf. brace) (n.)). Meaning "to render firm or steady by tensing" is mid-15c., earlier in figurative sense "strengthen or comfort" (someone), early 15c., with later extension to tonics, etc. that "brace" the nerves (Cf. BRACER (Cf. bracer) "stiff drink"). Related: Braced; bracing.

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