Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Ground that has lain long untilled. Kersey, 1708; Halliwell.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
breeze . - noun An obsolete spelling of
breeze .
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- noun obsolete, rare A
tract ofland that has been leftuntilled for a long time.
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Examples
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Calatrava's plan for a 27-meter-high glass and steel reception hall, shaded by a a spiky wing called a brise soleil, won him the job.
Fast Company 2010
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Calatrava's plan for a 27-meter-high glass and steel reception hall, shaded by a a spiky wing called a brise soleil, won him the job.
Fast Company 2010
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Along with acting as a kind of brise-soleil, or sunshade, the veil also has a key structural role to play, bearing the roof load and making possible the column-free gallery space on the top floor.
latimes.com - News 2011
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I just spent 3 weeks near La Cadiere (Bandol) and the vendage was in full swing at the Chateau we have been staying at for 10 years each Sept. I love to cook there so fixed your pizza with mustard on brise pastry.
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Would like to use the brise pastry that I found at Casino.
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J'espère que c'est la même chose pour petit Smokey, mai ça me brise le coeur.
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Last Friday at noon, the wing-shaped brise-soleil that soars atop architect Santiago Calatrava's pavilion at the Milwaukee Art Museum closed and opened again.
An All-Too-Bloodless Coup Heidi Waleson 2010
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BTW, when I click on the second photo of the wagon, I get the “rideaux brise-bise” picture instead ...
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Là-bas, au pied de ce hêtre élevé, balancé par la brise
Literary translation (English) Rene Meertens 2010
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BTW, when I click on the second photo of the wagon, I get the “rideaux brise-bise” picture instead...
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