Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Braving \Brav"ing\, n.
   A bravado; a boast.

         With so proud a strain Of threats and bravings.
                                                  --Chapman.

Brave \Brave\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Braved} (br[=a]vd); p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Braving}.]
   1. To encounter with courage and fortitude; to set at
      defiance; to defy; to dare.

            These I can brave, but those I can not bear.
                                                  --Dryden.

   2. To adorn; to make fine or showy. [Obs.]

            Thou [a tailor whom Grunio was browbeating] hast
            braved meny men; brave not me; I'll neither be faced
            or braved.                            --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

braving
     n : taking the bull by the horns [syn: {confronting}, {coping
         with}, {grappling}, {tackling}]