...It is certainly neither braces nor buttons... 
Mary H. Kingsley 「Travels in West Africa」
... A rule to be followed whenever you employ relays of braces...
Dinks, Mayhew, and Hutchinson 「The Dog」
...—"Now," said he, clawing up his breeches(for he dispenses with the article of braces when outhunting), "that's what I calls fine...
Robert Smith Surtees 「Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities」
...Appurtenances to a loom, consisting of threading sticks(1), woof beaters (2), comb for straightening thread (3), and braces forwarp (4)...
James Stevenson 「Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained」
...set up theArmourer's Forge to repair the Tiller braces, they being broke...
James Cook 「Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World」
...set up the Forge to repair the Braces of the Tiller and suchother Iron work as was wanting...
James Cook 「Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World」
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