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

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

s.f.

1occupationbrewingfemalebrewer, brewster: 
( MS: s.xiii )  hec pandoxatrix: braceresse  ii 108
( c.1290; MS: s.xv1 )  Tant que le brasseresse (M.E.(brewstere)) entent Que eit berzil (M.E. wort) a talent  (O) 335va
( 1254 )  nul braceresse estraunge […] ne mette sun sercle en la rwe devant qe sa cervoise soit tastié  ii 207
( MS: c.1275 )  chescune braceresse [...] ke brace a vente [...]  36.39
( 1354; MS: c.1360 )  de cest douz et precious boire estoietz (=B.V.M.) braceresse et chief botillere  133
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