Brace

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Contents 1 Medical 2 Sport 3 Construction and industrial arts 4 People with the surname Brace 5 Other meanings

Brace may refer to:

[edit] Medical

• Brace (orthopaedic), a device used to restrict or assist body movement
• Back brace, a device limiting motion of the spine
  • Milwaukee brace, a kind of back brace used in the treatment of spinal curvatures
• Cervical collar, also called a neck brace, used to restrict neck movement
• Dental braces (also called orthodontic braces), a device used to reposition teeth

[edit] Sport

• Brace (sports), a term in a number of sports
• Braces (sailing), lines found on some ships
• Bracer, a strap or sheath used in archery

[edit] Construction and industrial arts

• Brace (tool), a hand tool
• Brace (theatre), a stabilizer for a piece of scenery
• A reinforcement used in architecture, such as in timber framing

[edit] People with the surname Brace

• Charles Loring Brace (1826-1890), a contributing philanthropist in the field of social reform
• Jonathan Brace (1754-1837), a United States Representative from Connecticut
• Julia Brace (1807-1884), a deaf and blind woman who learned tactile American Sign Language
• Onllwyn Brace (born 1932), Wales rugby union captain
• Rick Brace, the current president of the CTV television network, a unit of CTVglobemedia
• William Brace (1865 - 1947), a member of British Parliament and Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department

[edit] Other meanings

• Brace originally meant an arm or the two arms and then meant the length of two outstretched arms, i.e., about 2 yards or a fathom.

This meaning for brace led to the other meanings such as embrace with ones arms, and support with one's arms.

• Brace position, a body stance used to prepare for a crash
• Curly brackets, the { and } symbols, also known as braces.
• Curly bracket programming language, a programming language that uses braces.
• Military brace, a body posture primarily used in military schools
• Braces (clothing), known in American English as suspenders, elastic fabric straps used to support trousers
• Straps found on some types of carriages
• A notation used to join two or more musical staffs
• A pair of like things