Brackets
['brækɪt]
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. pl. (Printing.) Crotchets.
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Examples
- Brackets of cast iron, for holding the axle to the floor, are made in the foundry. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Archer mounted the stairs, turned up the light, and put a match to the brackets on each side of the library mantelpiece. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- In all sorts of recesses, and on all kinds of brackets, stood massive old silver candlesticks with four branches each. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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