Jun. 28th, 2012

brede

Jun. 28th, 2012 07:06 am
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brede (BREED) - n., (arch.) ornamental embroidery or braiding.


Formerly an alternate spelling of braid (first known use 1640), pronounced differently per modern spelling rules.

"O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with brede
Of marble men and maidens overwrought"

—Keats, "Ode on a Grecian Urn"

---L.

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