Lexicographical Neighbors of Brecham
Literary usage of Brecham
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Publications of the Selden Society by Selden Society (1896)
"... and struck the said Thomas with a long knife almost to the heart; and Henry
of brecham clerk struck Thomas with a sword almost through the body. ..."
2. Place-names of Scotland by James Brown Johnston (1903)
"Perh. G. breac innis, 'spotted island or meadow.' brecham WOOD ... So called
because withes were cut here for draught-horse collars, in Sc. brecham, ..."
3. Popular British Ballads, Ancient and Modern by Reginald Brimley Johnson (1894)
"... “Your armour gude ye maunna show, Nor ance appear like men o' wein; As country
lads be all amray'd, Wi' branks and brecham on ilk mare. ..."
4. Letters and Recollections of Sir Walter Scott by Mary Ann Watts Hughes, William Hastings Hughes (1904)
"... brecham (the man with the breeches :) that air having been played when the
clan were giving way in a fight, it encouraged them to rally again: when Sir ..."
5. The Norfolk Antiquarian Miscellany by Walter Rye (1906)
"... Richard clericus de brecham 1198-9 (F. p. 7) living 1198-9 (F. p. 8). Nos.
154, 173 See ? father of No. 310 ; in cause together with No. ..."
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