Collective noun
What do you call a group of birds, dogs, ducks or 3 others?
Other senses of the word: brace on Wiktionary
A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.)
A pair, a couple; originally used of dogs, and later of animals generally (e.g., a brace of conies) and then other things, but rarely human persons. (In British use (as plural), this is a particularly common reference to game birds.)
Listed in the Book of Saint Albans (1486) as “a Brace of grehoundes of two”.
Humorous coinage from Wondermark #566, “Supernatural Collective Nouns” (Elven class).