knee brace

American

noun

Building Trades.

a diagonal member for bracing the angle between two joined members, as a stud or column and a joist or rafter, being joined to each partway along its length.

First recorded in 1910–15

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I donned rainbow hair, medical knee braces and prescription compression socks to my surgery date.

From The Wall Street Journal

Amid great scrutiny, Vonn was determined to keep racing with the support of her medical team and a large knee brace.

From Los Angeles Times

That allowed her to strap on a knee brace and return to the mountain within days.

From The Wall Street Journal

She has been in intensive therapy this week, posting videos of her squatting, jumping and moving laterally in a knee brace.

From Los Angeles Times

Even in a bulky knee brace, Izzard goes all out in the final act duel between Hamlet and Laertes.

From Los Angeles Times

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