brack
See also: Brack
English
Noun
brack (uncountable)
Noun
brack (plural bracks)
- An opening caused by the parting of a solid body; a crack or breach.
- c. 1624,, John Fletcher, A Wife for a Day, Act I, Scene 1,
- You may find time out in eternity,
- Deceit and violence in heavenly Justice,
- Life in the grave, and death among the blessed,
- Ere stain or brack in her sweet reputation.
- c. 1624,, John Fletcher, A Wife for a Day, Act I, Scene 1,
- A flaw in cloth.
- 1677, Hannah Woolley, The Compleat Servant-Maid, London: T. Passinger, p. 164,
- […] You must take care that all the bracks and rents in the Linen be duly mended.
- 1677, Hannah Woolley, The Compleat Servant-Maid, London: T. Passinger, p. 164,
Etymology 3
Shortening.
Scots
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