Brace

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Contents 1 Medical 2 Construction and industrial arts 3 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, a device used to reposition teeth

[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] Other meanings

• Brace position, a body stance used to prepare for a crash
• Braces (punctuation), the "{" and "}" symbols
• 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
• Brace (singer) (born 1986), a Dutch singer
• Braces (sailing), the lines used to rotate the yards around the mast
• Bracer, a strap or sheath used in archery
• Brace (sports), a term in a number of sports for "two"

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