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Definition of Brachets
1. brachet [n] - See also: brachet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brachets
Literary usage of Brachets
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and His Noble by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1901)
"And so when Sir Dinas went out on hunting she slipped down by a towel, and took
with her two brachets, and so she went to the knight that she loved. ..."
2. The byrth, lyf, and actes of Kyng Arthur: of his noble knyghtes of the by Thomas Malory, William Caxton (1817)
"And took with her two brachets, and soo she yede to the knyght that she loued,
... And so sir Dynas departed and tooke his brachets with hym, ..."
3. Calendar of the Close Rolls Preserved in the Public Record Office: Prepared by Great Britain Public Record Office, Great Britain Court of Chancery, H. C. Maxwell Lyte, William Henry Stevenson (1900)
"Membrane 5—cont. To S. bishop of Waterford, treasurer of Ireland. Whereas the
king is sending Henry le Hert, his yeoman, to Ireland to purchase brachets for ..."
4. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1870)
"... in other cases they are known as cat brachets. Brackets in stone are usually
called corbels. A piece of mechanism for retarding or stopping motion by ..."
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