Noun
1. a support that steadies or strengthens something else;
"he wore a brace on his knee"2. two items of the same kind
3. a set of two similar things considered as a unit
4. either of two punctuation marks ({ or }) used to enclose textual material
5. a rope on a square-rigged ship that is used to swing a yard about and secure it
6. elastic straps that hold trousers up (usually used in the plural)
7. an appliance that corrects dental irregularities
8. the stock of a tool used for turning a drilling bit
9. a structural member used to stiffen a framework