Definition of Braccio

1. an Italian measure of length [n BRACCIA]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Braccio

braaiing
braaing
braais
braaivleis
brabantite
brabble
brabbled
brabblement
brabblements
brabbler
brabblers
brabbles
brabbling
braccate
braccia
braccio (current term)
brace
brace aback
brace about
brace abox
brace and bit
brace by
brace in
brace of shakes
brace oneself for
brace sharp
brace up
brace wrench
braced

Literary usage of Braccio

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of the Italian Republics: Being a View of the Rise, Progress, and by Jean-Charles-Léonard Simonde Sismondi (1847)
"braccio da Montone, a noble of Perugia, had studied how to render his army manageable, by augmenting the number of officers, and by accustoming it to fight ..."

2. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages: Der Wendepunkt der Renaissance by Woldemar von Seidlitz, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton (1906)
"STATE OF AFFAIRS IN ROME—ISOLANI AND THE NEAPOLITANS — braccio BECOMES SIGNOR OF ... TREATY WITH braccio — BOLOGNA MAKES SUBMISSION TO THE CHURCH—MARTIN V. ..."

3. Memoirs of the Dukes of Urbino, Illustrating the Arms, Arts, and Literature by James Dennistoun (1851)
"This braccio was a fair specimen of Italian captains of adventure. His ancestors were among the magnates of Perugia, which, under the guidance of an ..."

4. Chronicles of the City of Perugia, 1492-1503 by Francesco Maturanzio, Edward Strachan Morgan (1905)
"The reason for the doing of this was that the Florentines had been routed by His Highness braccio, son of Count Carlo of Perugia,* who had been captain of ..."

5. Italian Weights and Measures from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century by Ronald Edward Zupko (1981)
"1728 Chambers sv measure: The Italian Measure is thè braccio. ... It was simply thè cube of any locai braccio (Andreini 9 and Martini 207, 3^0, BRACHIA, ..."

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