brae

[ brey, bree; Scots brey, bree ]

noun

, Scot. and North England.

1. a slope; declivity; hillside.

brae

/ bre; breɪ /

noun

1. a hill or hillside; slope
2. plural an upland area

   the Gleniffer Braes

Word History and Origins

Origin of brae¹

1300–50; Middle English bra < Old Norse brā brow, cognate with Old English brēaw eyebrow, eyelid, Old High German brāwa ( German Braue ); for semantic development, brow

Word History and Origins

Origin of brae¹

C14 bra ; related to Old Norse brā eyelash, Old High German brāwa eyelid, eyebrow; compare brow

Example Sentences

Serious money may well be made around 100 miles to the north, near the village of Tyndrum, where there really is gold in the imposing hills, or braes as they are called in Scottish.

From New York Times

We didn’t have a clue about the loch and the brae and the rye, but the music never failed to bring tears to our mother’s eyes and we were twisted enough to really love that.

From New York Times

On the front of the yellow cigarette box is a poem by Robert Burns that Gram likes to sing to an old Irish tune: Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes.

From Literature

Burns fell early into his hands, and the ambition was soon formed of transferring the braes and byres of Scotland to the hills and folds of New England.

From Project Gutenberg

And see not ye that bonny road, That winds about the fernie brae?

From Project Gutenberg