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On their legs, they wore loose trousers called braes, which were bound tight to the leg with thongs of leather.
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On their legs, they wore loose trousers called braes, which were bound tight to the leg with thongs of leather.
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As long as "the mourners go about the streets," or assemble in their crowds, blackening the silent 'braes' on their way to the country churchyard -- as long as the grass of the grave murmurs out its moral in the western wind, and the sunshine seems to sadden as it shines upon the memorials and monuments of the dead -- so long shall men read the "The Grave," and turn with pensive joy and tearful gratitude to the memory of its poet.
The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes George Gilfillan 1845
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A close observer might have noticed her shoulders shaking when she played Queen Victoria in the movie "Mrs. Brown": During an enchanting long shot of her trusty ghillie leading Herself through the Highland braes, her pony broke wind with almost every step.
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Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through,
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Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through,
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Are the groins of the braes that the brook treads through,
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He envisioned her unlacing his codpiece and removing it, then opening his braes with feather-light movements.
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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Mark Smeaton had been stripped of all but his braes and forced onto the platform of the rack.
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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Anne kissed him again, then wriggled her fingers into his braes and slipped his member from within the linen.
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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