brace
Meanings
Examples :
Attelle; préparation guerrière
Examples :
"The school's new security brace included extra metal bars on the windows, a clear sign of their warlike preparation for potential threats. "
La nouvelle attelle de sécurité de l'école comprenait des barres métalliques supplémentaires sur les fenêtres, un signe clair de leur préparation guerrière face aux menaces potentielles.
Entretoise, support
A piece of material used to transmit, or change the direction of, weight or pressure; any one of the pieces, in a frame or truss, which divide the structure into triangular parts. It may act as a tie, or as a strut, and serves to prevent distortion of the structure, and transverse strains in its members. A boiler brace is a diagonal stay, connecting the head with the shell.