brousse, n.f., brushwood, undergrowth.

broussin, n.m., excrescence from a tree.

brout, n.m., browse.

broutant, -e, adj., browsing.

broutement, n.m., browsing.

brouter, v.a.n., to browse, graze. L’herbe sera bien courte s’il ne trouve de quoi —; the grass must be very short, if he cannot get a bite.

broutilles, n.f.pl., sprigs, small-wood, chat-wood; (fig.) trinkets, nicknacks.

brouture, n.f., browsing.

broyer, v.a., to grind, to pound, to beat small, to bruise; to break (hemp). — l’encre; (print.) to bray the ink. — du noir; to be in a brown study.

broyeur, n.m., grinder, pounder, hemp or flax-breaker.