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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To Torent that was true as stele, 477 To Torrent trew ase styll̴, In what londe that they brede.
From Torrent of Portyngale by Unknown
To whom she answered and sayd: husbande, by this brede, ye are none.
From Shakespeare Jest-Books Reprints of the Early and Very Rare Jest-Books Supposed to Have Been Used by Shakespeare by Hazlitt, William Carew
What famous Poetes how many noble Philosophers and Oratours, hath Grece brede.
From A booke called the Foundacion of Rhetorike because all other partes of Rhetorike are grounded thereupon, euery parte sette forthe in an Oracion vpon questions, verie profitable to bee knowen and redde by Rainolde, Richard
The one just referred to is described as "a great Stremour for the ship of xi yerdis length and viij yerdis in brede," and the price for making it was "jli vis viiid."
From Flags: Some Account of their History and Uses. by Macgeorge, Andrew
Little doth the wearer heed Of the heart-break in the brede; A hyena by her side Skulks, down-looking—it is Pride.
From Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 by Cole, E. W. (Edward William)
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