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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bracket \Brack"et\, n. [Cf. OF. braguette codpiece, F. brayette,
     Sp. bragueta, also a projecting mold in architecture; dim.
     fr. L. bracae breeches; cf. also, OF. bracon beam, prop,
     support; of unknown origin. Cf. {Breeches}.]
     [1913 Webster]
     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.
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     Note: This is the more general word. See {Brace},
           {Cantalever}, {Console}, {Corbel}, {Strut}.
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     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.
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     3. (Naut.) A shot, crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as
        a support.
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     4. (Mil.) The cheek or side of an ordnance carriage.
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     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}.
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     6. A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a
        wall, column, or the like.
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     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}.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     {Bracket light}, a gas fixture or a lamp attached to a wall,
        column, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bracket \Brack"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bracketed}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Bracketing}]
     1. To place within brackets; to connect by brackets; to
        furnish with brackets.
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     2. (Gunnery) To shoot so as to establish a bracket for (an
        object).
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bracket
       n 1: a category falling within certain defined limits
       2: either of two punctuation marks ([ or ]) used to enclose
          textual material [syn: {square bracket}]
       3: either of two punctuation marks (`<' or `>') sometimes used
          to enclose textual material [syn: {angle bracket}]
       4: an L-shaped support projecting from a wall (as to hold a
          shelf)
       v 1: support with brackets; "bracket bookshelves"
       2: place into brackets; "Please bracket this remark" [syn: {bracket
          out}]
       3: classify or group

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  182 Moby Thesaurus words for "bracket":
     accouple, accumulate, advocate, agglutinate, ally, alpenstock,
     amass, analyze, apply, arm, articulate, assemble, associate,
     athletic supporter, back, backbone, backing, band, bandeau, bearer,
     bind, blood, bond, bra, brace, bracer, branch, brassiere, bridge,
     bridge over, buttress, cane, carrier, caste, category, cement,
     cervix, chain, clan, clap together, class, classification,
     classify, collate, collect, combine, comprise, concatenate,
     conglobulate, conjoin, conjugate, connect, console, contrast,
     copulate, corbel, correlate, corset, couple, couple up, cover,
     crook, crutch, decline, division, double-harness, double-team,
     draw a parallel, embrace, encompass, equate, estate,
     foundation garment, fulcrum, gather, girdle, glue, grade, group,
     grouping, guy, guywire, head, heading, hyphenate, identify,
     include, inflect, interrelate, jock, jockstrap, join, kin, knot,
     label, lay together, league, level, link, lump together, mainstay,
     maintainer, mark, marry, marshal, mass, mast, match, mate, merge,
     mobilize, neck, order, pair, pair off, parallel, parallelize,
     parenthesize, parse, piece together, pigeonhole, point, position,
     predicament, prop, punctuate, put together, race, rank, rating,
     reinforce, reinforcement, reinforcer, relate, relativize, rest,
     resting place, rigging, roll into one, rubric, section, sept, set,
     shelf, shoulder, shroud, solder, span, spine, splice, sprit, staff,
     standing rigging, station, status, stave, stay, stick,
     stick together, stiffener, strain, stratum, strengthener,
     subdivision, subgroup, suborder, support, supporter, sustainer,
     take in, tape, team, team up, tie, title, unify, unite, upholder,
     walking stick, wed, weld, yoke
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  bracket
       
           (Or square bracket) A {left bracket} or {right
          bracket}.
       
          Often used loosely for {parentheses}, {square brackets},
          {braces}, {angle brackets}, or any other kind of unequal
          paired {delimiters}.
       
          (1996-09-08)
       
       

















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