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braccae

braccae noun: shapeless trousers of wool or skin tied at the waist and ankles by cords, worn chiefly by the ancient Gauls.

Noun

braccae pl (plural only)

  1. (historical, plural, plural-only) Shapeless trousers of wool or skin tied at the waist and ankles by cords, worn chiefly by the ancient Gauls.

Origin of braccae

Borrowed from Latin bracae, plural of braca, from Gaulish *brāca, of Celtic origin, cognate with Proto-Germanic *brōks; akin to Old High German bruoh (“a pair of breeches”) and to Dutch broek (“a pair of trousers”).

Questions about braccae

What does braccae mean?
Braccae means shapeless trousers of wool or skin tied at the waist and ankles by cords, worn chiefly by the ancient Gauls.
What part of speech is braccae?
Braccae is a noun.

Words near braccae in the dictionary

  1. BRAC
  2. Bracamonte
  3. Bracamontes
  4. bracatinga
  5. BRACC
  6. braccae
  7. braccia
  8. bracciale
  9. braccio
  10. Bracco
  11. Bracco Italiano

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