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Definition of Bransles
1. bransle [n] - See also: bransle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bransles
Literary usage of Bransles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke, John Smith (1867)
"After the bransles, then to a Corant, and now and then a French dance; but that
so rare that the ..."
2. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, Esq., F. R. S.,from His Ms. Cypher by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke, Mynors Bright (1884)
"Presently after the King was come in, he took the Queen, and about fourteen more
couple there was, and begun the bransles. As many of the men as I can ..."
3. The Queens of England and Their Times: From Matilda, Queen of William the by Francis Lancelott (1858)
"Presently, after the King was come in, he took the Queen, and about fourteen more
couple there were, and began the bransles. * * * After the bransles ..."
4. Chronicles of Fashion: From the Time of Elizabeth to the Early Part of the by Elizabeth Stone (1845)
"Presently after the King was come in, he took the Queene, and about fourteen more
couple there was, and began the bransles. As many of the men as I can ..."
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