BRACKETS

A fixture attached to a wall to hold up a shelf.

Any intermediate object that connects a smaller part to a larger part, the smaller part typically projecting sideways from the larger part.

A short crooked timber, resembling a knee, used as a support.

To support by means of mechanical brackets.

To enclose in typographical brackets.

To bound on both sides, to surround, as enclosing with brackets.

"I tried to hit the bullseye by first bracketing it with two shots and then splitting the difference with my third, but I missed."