Bracket
Definition of Bracket
Brack´et | n. | 1. | | | 1. | (Arch.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office. | | 2. | (Engin. & Mech.) A piece or combination of pieces, usually triangular in general shape, projecting from, or fastened to, a wall, or other surface, to support heavy bodies or to strengthen angles. | | 3. | (Naut.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support. | | 4. | (Mil.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage. | | 5. | (Print.) One of two characters [], used to inclose a reference, explanation, or note, or a part to be excluded from a sentence, to indicate an interpolation, to rectify a mistake, or to supply an omission, and for certain other purposes; - called also crotchet. | | 6. | A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like. | | 7. | (Gunnery) A figure determined by firing a projectile beyond a target and another short of it, as a basis for ascertaining the proper elevation of the piece; - only used in the phrase, to establish a bracket. After the bracket is established shots are fired with intermediate elevations until the exact range is obtained. In the United States navy it is called fork. | | v. t. | 1. | To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to furnish with brackets. | | 2. | (Gunnery) To shoot so as to establish a bracket for (an object). |
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