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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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 Richard Rainolde
Holds not her yellow locks the tiara's feathery tissue; Veils not her hidden breast light brede of drapery woven; 65 Binds not a cincture smooth her bosom's orbed emotion.
From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Robinson Ellis
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 Daniel Hack Tuke
Ur ilk day brede give us to day.
From A Brief History of the English Language and Literature, Vol. 2 by John Miller Dow Meiklejohn
Swines brede is swiðe swete. swa is of wilde dore. alto dore he is abuh; þe ȝefð þer fore his swore.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Joseph Hall
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