The building was deemed seismically unsafe in 1997, and iron braces were added in 2001 to slightly improve its safety.

Thon raised ground and floor levels to immobilize foundations, arranged proper water drainage and reinforced cathedral walls with iron braces.

Perhaps if it's a bad case the patient has to wear a special boot or keep the leg held straight with iron braces.

Whether or not the tree died then or later, it now stands as a memorial to the 16th-century Italian, supported by bricks and an amazing system of rusty iron braces.

A crude planked wardrobe stands in one corner, and the writing table has been strengthened with iron braces.

As we approached, the forest opened to reveal a white two-story manor set back among live oaks so big their limbs rested on iron braces.

Her hull was fitted with iron diagonal braces, and five watertight bulkheads (3 wood, 2 iron).

She was built of live oak, but was reinforced with diagonal and longitudinal iron braces.

These ships were constructed of wood in traditional shipbuilding fashion, although iron braces and trussed were used for increased longitudinal strength.

The hulls were strengthened with diagonal iron braces, secured amidships "at the turn of the bilge" and running upward at a 45 angle to the outer frames.