usztywnić 用英语:

a neck brace

He braced his foot against the door so she couldn’t open it.

The old man was still braced solidly with the line across his back.

Brace yourselves! From today I'm learning the piano. Why? Because I want to become a music teacher!

But otter hunting is no "mug's game." Let it be known that it requires more than a few couple of hounds and a brace or so of terriers to kill an otter.