brae

American

[brey, bree, brey, bree] / breɪ, bri, breɪ, bri /

noun

Scot. and North England.

a slope; declivity; hillside.

brae British

/ bre, breɪ /

noun

a hill or hillside; slope
(plural) an upland area

the Gleniffer Braes

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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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BRAE, s. tho side of a hill; an acclivity.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander

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