brede
Americannoun
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something braided or entwined, especially a plait of hair; braid.
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braiding or embroidery.
noun
Etymology
Origin of brede
Archaic spelling of braid, given a new pronunciation in accord with modern spelling conventions
Example Sentences
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Chaucer says of the "Prioress"— "Of small houndes hadde she, that she fedde With roasted flesh, and milk and wastel brede."
From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Tuke, Daniel Hack
With brede Of marble men and maidens overwrought With forest branches and the trodden weed; Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought, As doth eternity.
From Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants by Head, James H.
Quat eylyt the, Stevyn? art thou wod? or thou gynnyst to brede?
From Ballads of Mystery and Miracle and Fyttes of Mirth Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Second Series by Sidgwick, Frank
Our eche dayly brede gyue vs to daye.
From A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men by Betson, Thomas
The brede yt I shall gyve / my body it is / for the lyf of the worlde.
From A Ryght Profytable Treatyse Compendiously Drawen Out Of Many and Dyvers Wrytynges Of Holy Men by Betson, Thomas
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