Brandywine

[ bran-dee-wahyn ]

/ ˈbræn diˌwaɪn /

a creek in SE Pennsylvania and N Delaware: British defeat of the Americans 1777.

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These points are admirably illustrated in the battle of the Brandywine.
The American Revolution|John Fiske
And now that he was to return home, the good ship Brandywine was detailed to carry him safely across the Atlantic.
Four American Naval Heroes|Mabel Beebe
The next morning we were aroused at three o'clock, and marched to Brandywine, a distance of eight miles.
History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers|B. F. Blakeslee
She had wandered off to the Brandywine, to gather ferns at a rocky point where some choice varieties were to be found.
Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home|Bayard Taylor

He was wounded again at the Brandywine, upon which occasion Cornelius bore him off the field without their being captured.
Philip Winwood|Robert Neilson Stephens