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braceresse (s.xiii)
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braceresse (s.xiii)

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braceresce;  brasceresce,  braseresse;  brasseresse;  breceresce,  bresceresse  
  FEW:  brace *1,483a Gdf:  braceor 1,715c GdfC: ∅ TL: braceresse 1,1105 DEAF:  brais (braceresse)  DMF:  brasseresse  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅

s.f.

occupationbrewingfemalebrewer, brewster: 
( MS: s.xiii )  hec pandoxatrix: braceresse  TLL ii 108
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 )  Tant que le brasseresse (M.E.  brewstere) entent Que eit berzil a talent  bibb MS (O) 341va
( 1254 )  nul braceresse estraunge […] ne mette sun sercle en la rwe devant qe sa cervoise soit tastié  Gild Merch ii 207
( MS: c.1275 )  chescune braceresse [...] ke brace a vente [...]  Winchester2 36.39
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  de cest douz et precious boire estoietz (=B.V.M.) braceresse et chief botillere  Sz Med1 133

See also:

bracé  braceour1  bracer2  bracerie  bracine 
This is an AND2 Phase 1 (A-E) entry © 2000-2006 The Anglo-Norman Dictionary. On-line entry partially revised after the print version of AND2 went to press (2007-03-22) The printed edition of AND2 A-E is published by Taylor & Francis for the MHRA, sole owners of the print-media publication rights. All other rights reserved. Digitisation funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council of the United Kingdom.
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