braehead
braehead noun: the top of a brae.
Noun
braehead (plural braeheads)
- The top of a brae.
- The farmhouse is situated on a braehead, beneath the shelter of the rude crags on which the tower of Smailholm is built.1871, Charles Stewart Montgomerie Lockhart, The Centenary Memorial of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, page 4
- On a braehead, S.W. of the town, were the vestiges of an old fortification, called "New Wark," signifying a new erection, situated on the ground new designated "Mill Flat."1900, James Miller, Lamp of Lothian, page 32
Proper noun capitalized: Braehead
Braehead
- A hamlet south of Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway council area (OS grid ref NX4252).
- A shopping centre etc. in Renfrewshire council area, on the banks of the Clyde (OS grid ref NS5267).
- A suburb of Ayr, South Ayrshire council area (OS grid ref NS3522).
- A hamlet near Thorntonhall, South Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS5955).
- A small village north of Carstairs, South Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS9550).
- A hamlet next to Coalburn, South Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS8134).
- A suburb of Stirling, Stirling council area (OS grid ref NS8092).
- A suburb of Alexandria, West Dunbartonshire council area (OS grid ref NS4079).
Forms of braehead
| plural | braeheads |
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Origin of braehead
From brae + head.
Questions about braehead
- What does braehead mean?
- Braehead means the top of a brae.
- What part of speech is braehead?
- Braehead can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of braehead?
- The plural of braehead is braeheads.
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