bracae
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Searchable Lemmata: bracae (L), braie (AF).
Alternate Forms: braca, bracca, braccae, bracce, braccis, brace, braces, brachae, braes, braez, braeis, brais, braies, braz, breie, breis.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1a(n.)
Garment;
breeches. Originally a Gallic term, it is found on the Vidolanda tablets discovered near Hadrian's wall; in Insular Latin, used throughout the medieval period.(ante 1100 - 1433)
3. dictum fuit ei quod, depositis bracciis verteret dorsum ad crucifixum (Acta contra Templar.)
Ecclesiastic/Regula.
[DMLBS Conc. (II 359) 1310]
Sex: Male Ceremonial: No
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Etymological Evidence:
Definite, Classical Latin, almost always found in the plural (so equivalent to Md.E. 'breeches'); the only singular instance is in Ovid. The word was a borrowing from Gaulish (and the Gauls were noted by Classical authors as wearers of such types of legwear), but in origin it was probably a loan from Germanic into Gaulish. For the English reflex of the likely Germanic source, see breech. Old French / Anglo-French braie appears to be a continuation of the Latin.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
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