Defn: A broil; a noisy contest; a wrangle.
This petty brabble will undo us all. Shak.
BRABBLEMENT
Brab"ble*ment, n.
Defn: A brabble. [R.] Holland.
BRABBLER
Brab"bler, n.
Defn: A clamorous, quarrelsome, noisy fellow; a wrangler. [R] Shak.
BRACCATE Brac"cate, a.Etym: [L. bracatus wearing breeches, fr. bracae breeches.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Furnished with feathers which conceal the feet.
BRACE Brace, n. Etym: [OF. brace, brasse, the two arms, embrace, fathom, F. brasse fathom, fr. L. bracchia the arms (stretched out), pl. of bracchium arm; cf. Gr.
1. That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.
2. A cord, ligament, or rod, for producing or maintaining tension, as a cord on the side of a drum. The little bones of the ear drum do in straining and relaxing it as the braces of the war drum do in that. Derham.