brae
Americannoun
noun
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a hill or hillside; slope
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(plural) an upland area
the Gleniffer Braes
Etymology
Origin of brae
1300–50; Middle English bra < Old Norse brā brow, cognate with Old English brēaw eyebrow, eyelid, Old High German brāwa ( German Braue ); for semantic development, brow
Example Sentences
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Serious money may well be made around 100 miles to the north, near the village of Tyndrum, where there really is gold in the imposing hills, or braes as they are called in Scottish.
From New York Times
We didn’t have a clue about the loch and the brae and the rye, but the music never failed to bring tears to our mother’s eyes and we were twisted enough to really love that.
From New York Times
Burns fell early into his hands, and the ambition was soon formed of transferring the braes and byres of Scotland to the hills and folds of New England.
From Project Gutenberg
And see not ye that bonny road, That winds about the fernie brae?
From Project Gutenberg
A man on the outskirts of the town tried to dissuade us from going that way; there was such a brae to be climbed, he said.
From Project Gutenberg
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