Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete spelling of breeze.
  • noun An obsolete spelling of breeze.
  • noun Ground that has lain long untilled. Kersey, 1708; Halliwell.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete, rare A tract of land that has been left untilled for a long time.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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.

    liaison - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Would like to use the brise pastry that I found at Casino.

    liaison - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • J'espère que c'est la même chose pour petit Smokey, mai ça me brise le coeur.

    subir - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • 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

  • BTW, when I click on the second photo of the wagon, I get the “rideaux brise-bise” picture instead ...

    la routine - French Word-A-Day 2009

  • Là-bas, au pied de ce hêtre élevé, balancé par la brise

    Literary translation (English) Rene Meertens 2010

  • BTW, when I click on the second photo of the wagon, I get the “rideaux brise-bise” picture instead...

    la routine - French Word-A-Day 2009

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