calm, de-energize, sedate, tranquilize, tranquillize

hat trick, cushion, straps, neck brace, shackle, netting, shield, sling, leveler, splint, bandage, boot, crutches, tally, treble, notching, latching, stinger, scrum half, orthosis, battens, leg, prosthesis, batten down, shock absorber, screws, saddle, lift, clamps, boarhound, belts, gustard, guly, breather, chin strap, kneepad, spell, shrug, prop, stun, buckle, gluteal muscle, padding, equalizer, stave off, seal, dampener, sighter, backstay, woe, pinching, pelmet, helmet, talisman, elastic bandage, rasper, cuboid bone, toecap, knee, bar billiards, prod, girding, rout, waders, hopple, fastening, last gasp, achilles, heel, loanee, orthotics, elastics, beware, midweek, ankle, shinpad, pec, knock, gears, gaiter, headgear, easts, velcro, wrap, tourniquet, dolman, bermuda shorts, tie, ligaments, deflection, batton, colwyn bay, sleeve, leveling, headstay, warmup, sclaffed, shocks, thigh, acute angle, panniers, whizzer, braces, bracket, clamp, crossbar, rails, stretcher, batten, brackets, strut, struts, strap, bolt, fig, hinge, pegs, slats, stretchers, axle, ampler, angular, archetypical, botanic, bounded, completer, concrete, cubical, marshallian, square, squared, untransformed, upended, upheaved, abrahamic, acre, aeronautic, amerindian, ample, amplest

animate, ankle brace, back brace, cathect, crosspiece, crosstie, enliven, guy, guy cable, guy rope, invigorate, knee brace, liven, liven up, nerve, quicken, railroad tie, reanimate, recreate, reinvigorate, revive, revivify, royal brace, sleeper, stay, steel, stringer, tread, tweedledee and tweedledum, tweedledum and tweedledee, vivify

., ankle brace, back brace, bit, brace and bit, brace wrench, crosspiece, footboard, guy, guy cable, guy rope, hinder, knee brace, neck brace, royal brace, skeg, stabilise, stabilize, stay, steady, stringer, strut, tread, unbrace

frame, framework, framing

2, affect, apparel, beef up, clothes, clothing, dental appliance, deuce, fortify, gear up, hold, hold up, ii, prepare, punctuation, punctuation mark, ready, rope, set, set up, stock, strengthen, structural member, support, sustain, two, vesture, wear, wearing apparel

arouse, bitstock, bracing, couple, couplet, distich, doubleton, duad, duet, duo, dyad, energise, energize, gallus, pair, perk up, poise, span, stimulate, suspender, twain, twosome, yoke