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noun
- 1. a steep bank or hillside: Scottish "a figure was spied struggling up the brae"
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Aug 31, 2021 · noun. ˈbrā. chiefly Scotland. : a hillside especially along a river. Examples of brae in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web The brae, or glaciers, too. Marguerite Holloway, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'brae.'
Definition of brae noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a hill or hillside; slope. 2. (plural) an upland area. the Gleniffer Braes. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word origin. C14 bra; related to Old Norse brā eyelash, Old High German brāwa eyelid, eyebrow; compare brow.
Brae definition: a slope; declivity; hillside.. See examples of BRAE used in a sentence.
Brae definition: A hillside; a slope.
noun. a slope or hillside. see more. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Brae." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/brae. Accessed 21 Sep. 2024. Copy citation. Join 130,000 teachers who are transforming their classrooms with Vocabulary.com.
1. (Physical Geography) a hill or hillside; slope. 2. (plural) an upland area: the Gleniffer Braes. [C14 bra; related to Old Norse brā eyelash, Old High German brāwa eyelid, eyebrow; compare brow]
Aug 16, 2024 · Noun. [edit] brae (plural braes) (Northern England, Scotland) The sloping bank of a river valley. (Northern England, Scotland) Any hillside or slope. Derived terms. [edit] Braehead. Orchard Brae.
brae (English)Origin & history From Old Norse brá. Noun brae (pl. braes) The sloping bank of a river-valley; any slope or hillside1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy: Was it not Wat the Devil, who drove all the year-old hogs off the braes of Lanthorn-side, in the very recent days of my grandfather's father?; 1881, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Inversnaid Degged with dew, dappled with dew Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through; 1995, Alan Warner, Morvern Callar, Vintage 2015, p. 19: The ...
In the Oxford English Dictionary, brae is defined as “a steep bank or slope, especially one beside a river or the sea.” The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines it as “a steep bank or slope, especially one along the side of a hill or a body of water.”
