Definition of Brechan

1. brecham [n -S] - See also: brecham

Lexicographical Neighbors of Brechan

breathtakingly
breathwork
breathy
brecanavir
breccia
breccial
breccias
brecciate
brecciated
brecciates
brecciating
brecciation
brecciations
brecham
brechams
brechan (current term)
brechans
bred
bred in the bone
bredda
brede
breded
bredes
bredie
bredigite
breding
bredouillement
bredren
bredrens
bredrin

Literary usage of Brechan

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child, Helen Child Sargent (1904)
"18 ' Donald my man, wait me upon, And I '11 give you my brechan, And, ... 19 ' There is fifty pounds in my pocket, Besides my trews and brechan; ..."

2. The Book of Scottish Ballads: A Comprehensive Collection of the Most by Alexander Whitelaw (1875)
"He turned him rieht and round about, And row«! him la hli brechan ; And laid him down to tak' a «leep ... and, on our band, Ye'ee gf t hie pune and brechan. ..."

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