On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 09:38:23AM +0100, Frank Peelo wrote:
> Unfortunately, 'brace' means the same as 'pair'. I submit that a
and I don't ever recall hearing brace used except in the context of things
alive, or formerly alive (i.e. that's a nice brace of pheasant). My
dictionary has "pair (of dogs or game)" though come to think of it, I think
I've also heard of a brace of pistols, as applied to classic duelling
pistols. And just to attempt to drag this back to something resembling a
topic, brace couldn't then apply to disks, although it could certainly apply
to computers (ask me sometime when you see me about the tale of the haunted
Compaq 386).
Regards,
Niall
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