faussebraiefaussebrayen.

/fəʊsˈbreɪ/

Forms: α. Middle English fawce-, fawese-, (1500s faws-) braye, 1800s fausse-braie, 1600s– fausse-braye. β. 1600s–1700s false-bray, (1600s falsbray).

Etymology: < French fausse-braie, < fausse , feminine of faux false + braie : see braye n.

Fortification.

An artificial mound or wall thrown up in front of the main rampart. In early use, a covered way.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > outwork

forewallOE

barrace1380

before-wallinga1382

vaumurec1475

faussebraie1490

forework1497

vauntmure1562

counterguard1591

forefence1609

forefight?1611

outworkc1615

crownwork1638

false braye1645

crowned work1677

α.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vi. 149 Also he made y^e portcolisse, fawesebrayes, & barbacanes well defensable.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 77 A fawcebraye vpon a roche, thrughe y^e whiche reynawde..wente oute vnder couerte.

1523 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 38 Having noo bulwarkes nor fawsbrayes.

1688 J. S. Fortification 57 The onely end of this Faussebray, is the defence of the Moat.

1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xi. 43 All its trumpery of saps, mines..fausse-brays and cuvetts.

1828 W. F. Napier Hist. War Peninsula (Rtldg.) II. x. vii. 74 A second wall, about 12 feet high, called a fausse braie..surrounded the first.

1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 211 (note) One of the pinnacled battlements of the fausse-braye.

β. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 34 Others..were in the False Bray.1667 London Gaz. No. 212/2 Our men are now busily employed in placing new Palisados upon the Falsbray.1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant xi. 51 One may more properly call that of the outward Wall a False-bray, or Under-Bulwark.attributive.1812 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VIII. 551 Having escaladed the fausse braie wall.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	faussebraie
释义	faussebraiefaussebrayen. /fəʊsˈbreɪ/ Forms: α. Middle English fawce-, fawese-, (1500s faws-) braye, 1800s fausse-braie, 1600s– fausse-braye. β. 1600s–1700s false-bray, (1600s falsbray). Etymology: < French fausse-braie, < fausse , feminine of faux false + braie : see braye n. Fortification. An artificial mound or wall thrown up in front of the main rampart. In early use, a covered way. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > outwork forewallOE barrace1380 before-wallinga1382 vaumurec1475 faussebraie1490 forework1497 vauntmure1562 counterguard1591 forefence1609 forefight?1611 outworkc1615 crownwork1638 false braye1645 crowned work1677 α. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) vi. 149 Also he made y^e portcolisse, fawesebrayes, & barbacanes well defensable. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) iii. 77 A fawcebraye vpon a roche, thrughe y^e whiche reynawde..wente oute vnder couerte. 1523 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 38 Having noo bulwarkes nor fawsbrayes. 1688 J. S. Fortification 57 The onely end of this Faussebray, is the defence of the Moat. 1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xi. 43 All its trumpery of saps, mines..fausse-brays and cuvetts. 1828 W. F. Napier Hist. War Peninsula (Rtldg.) II. x. vii. 74 A second wall, about 12 feet high, called a fausse braie..surrounded the first. 1855 E. Smedley et al. Occult Sci. 211 (note) One of the pinnacled battlements of the fausse-braye. β. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. True Hist. Siege Ostend 34 Others..were in the False Bray.1667 London Gaz. No. 212/2 Our men are now busily employed in placing new Palisados upon the Falsbray.1702 W. J. tr. C. de Bruyn Voy. Levant xi. 51 One may more properly call that of the outward Wall a False-bray, or Under-Bulwark.attributive.1812 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) VIII. 551 Having escaladed the fausse braie wall. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1490
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