Brace

Medical

• Brace (orthopaedic)
  Brace (orthopaedic)
  An orthopaedic brace is a device used to:*immobilize a joint or body segment,*restrict movement in a given direction,*assist movement,*reduce weight bearing forces, or*correct the shape of the body....
  
  , a device used to restrict or assist body movement
• Back brace
  Back brace
  A back brace is a device designed to limit the motion of the spine in cases of fracture or in post-operative fusions. Limiting the motion of the spine enhances the healing process and minimizes the patient's discomfort.Common back braces include:...
  
  , a device limiting motion of the spine
  • Milwaukee brace
    Milwaukee brace
    The Milwaukee brace, also known as a cervico-thoraco-lumbo-sacral orthosis or CTLSO, is a back brace used in the treatment of spinal curvatures in children. It is a full-torso brace that extends from the pelvis to the base of the skull...
    
    , a kind of back brace used in the treatment of spinal curvatures
• Cervical collar
  Cervical collar
  A cervical collar is an orthopedic piece of medical equipment used to support a patient's spinal cord and head. It can be used to treat medical conditions, or prevent further injury when a patient is being evaluated initially....
  
  , also called a neck brace, used to restrict neck movement
• Dental braces, a device used to reposition teeth

Construction and industrial arts

• Brace (tool)
  Brace (tool)
  A brace or brace and bit is a hand tool used to drill holes, usually in wood. Pressure is applied to the top and the tool is rotated with a U-shaped grip....
  
  , a hand tool
• Brace (theatre)
  Brace (theatre)
  In theater, a brace is a sliding piece of wood or metal with a 'butterfly' winged nut to make it longer or shorter to fit the flat used to stabilize a flat set piece such as a flat. The nut is used ,so that it can be changed more quickley than a screw to the floor during a quick change. Usually, a...
  
  , a stabilizer for a piece of scenery
• A reinforcement used in architecture, such as in timber framing
  Timber framing
  Timber framing , or half-timbering, is the method of creating framed structures of heavy timber jointed together with pegged mortise and tenon joints.- Naming :...
  
  

Other meanings

• Brace position
  Brace position
  Bracing or crash position is an instruction that can be given to prepare for a crash, such as on an aircraft, the instruction to brace for impact is often given if the aircraft must make an emergency landing over land or water....
  
  , a body stance used to prepare for a crash
• The "{" and "}" symbols, also known as braces
• Curly bracket programming language
  Curly bracket programming language
  Curly brace or bracket programming languages are those which use balanced brackets , also known as "squiggly brackets", "brace brackets" or simply "braces") to make blocks in their syntax or formal grammar, mainly due to being C-influenced...
  
  , a programming language that uses braces.
• Military brace
  Military brace
  The military brace is a body posture, sometimes known as scapular posterior depression or the costoclavicular maneuver. It is a modification of standing at attention that is primarily used in military schools...
  
  , a body posture primarily used in military schools
• Braces (clothing), known in American English as suspenders, elastic fabric straps used to support trousers
• Brace (singer)
  Brace (singer)
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   (born 1986), a Dutch singer
• Braces (sailing)
  Braces (sailing)
  The braces on a square-rigged ship are lines used to rotate the yards around the mast, to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind....
  
  , the lines used to rotate the yards around the mast