Braille

[ breyl ]

noun

1. Louis [loo, -is, loo, -ee, lwee], 1809–52, French teacher of the blind.
2. a system of writing or printing, devised by L. Braille for use by the blind, in which combinations of tangible dots or points are used to represent letters, characters, etc., that are read by touch.

verb (used with object)

, Brailled, Braill·ing.

1. to write or transliterate in Braille characters.

Braille

¹

/ breɪl /

noun

1. a system of writing for the blind consisting of raised dots that can be interpreted by touch, each dot or group of dots representing a letter, numeral, or punctuation mark
2. any writing produced by this method Compare Moon

verb

1. tr to print or write using this method

Braille

²

/ braj /

noun

1. BrailleLouis18091852MFrenchTECHNOLOGY: inventorMUSIC: musicianEDUCATION: teacher of the blind Louis (lwi). 1809–52, French inventor, musician, and teacher of the blind, who himself was blind from the age of three and who devised the Braille system of raised writing

Braille

1. A system of writing and printing for the blind in which arrangements of raised dots representing letters and numbers can be identified by touch.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Braille¹

First recorded in 1850–55

Example Sentences

If our interview were in person, she would ask me to type out questions on a braille display.

From The Daily Beast

Kandynce went to Braille school so she could keep up her passion for reading, history in particular.

From The Daily Beast

According to the American Foundation for the Blind, Dufau eventually relented and the Braille code spread throughout the world.

From The Daily Beast

This refers again to the printing of some of his books in Braille type for the blind.

From Project Gutenberg

He learned me the deaf alphabet, and how to read in the Braille book, and it's not so bad now.

From Project Gutenberg

The fingers of the blind spelled out its optimism and its selections at Hawthorne in Braille.

From Project Gutenberg

He has brought his Braille printing to a fine state of perfection.

From Project Gutenberg

They take in and read Braille magazines in various languages.

From Project Gutenberg