2. A covering to protect the arm of the bowman from the vibration of the string; also, a brassart. Chaucer.
3. A medicine, as an astringent or a tonic, which gives tension or tone to any part of the body. Johnson.
BRACH
Brach, n. Etym: [OE. brache a kind of scenting hound or setting dog,
OF. brache, braque, fr. OHG. braccho, G. bracke; possibly akin to E.
fragrant, fr. L. fragrare to smell.]
Defn: A bitch of the hound kind. Shak.
BRACHELYTRA
Brach*el"y*tra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. ( (Zoöl.)
Defn: A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles.
BRACHIA
Brach"i*a, n. pl.
Defn: See Brachium.
BRACHIAL Brach"i*al or (, a. Etym: [L. brachialis (bracch-), from bracchium (bracch-) arm: cf. F. brachial.]
1. (Anat.)