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, cf. brow
Example Sentences
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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 ● Aug. 15, 2019
The strumming of flamencos on a brae Were not more singular.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last week Smith Grant was winding up his busiest season since the war at Glenlivet Distillery, which stands on a brae overlooking a fertile Banffshire valley in the heart of the Highlands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Middle Nithsdale expands into a broad valley, commanded by lofty Queensberry and lower green hills and diversified with upland brae, shadowy copse, sunny mead, and opulent plantation.
From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen) Wolfe
See! how they flash and play As the rivulet does 'neath the rowan and birk; 'Tis a glance in which there's loving a-lurk; A glance that only is born on the brae.
From The Dales of Arcady by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe
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