braza

[ brah-thah, -sah ]

noun

, plural bra·zas [brah, -thahs, -sahs].

1. a unit of length in some Spanish-speaking countries, representing the reach of outspread arms, officially 5.48 U.S. ft. (1.67 meters) in Spain and 5.68 U.S. ft. (1.73 meters) in Argentina.

Word History and Origins

Origin of braza¹

< Spanish < Latin brāchia arms (neuter plural), taken as feminine singular; brace

Example Sentences

When they are thirsty, the Indians cut off a braza, and a quartillo of fluid runs out of it, which is good and healthful.

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Banana leaves, which are one braza long and one-half braza wide, serve them as napkins.

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The braza is called dipa; that of the city is of sixty points, into which the six feet contained in it are divided.

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The bar of the river is not more than one braza deep; and its coast thereabout, for more than twenty leagues, is very forbidding.

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This bird lays its eggs in the sand, a braza deep, at the edge of the water.

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