breckn.

Forms: Middle English brek, Middle English brekke, Middle English breke, Middle English–1500s brecke, Middle English–1600s breck.

Etymology: A parallel form of break n.¹, or a direct derivative of brec- stem of break v.

†1. A breach, blemish, failing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > defect or fault or flaw

faultc1320

breckc1369

villainyc1400

offencec1425

defectc1450

defection1526

vitiosity1538

faintness1543

gall1545

eelist1549

mar1551

hole1553

blemish1555

wart1603

flaw1604

mulct1632

wound1646

failurea1656

misfeature1818

bug1875

out1886

c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 940 Swiche a fairenesse of a nekke..that boon nor brekke Nas ther non seen that mys satte.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6344 He drou þam vp at first, Wit-vten ani brek or brist.

1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) i. xv. 13 I that am in this brecke perylous.

1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 9^v Saint Mighel doth bid thee, amend thy marshwal the breck, and the crabhole.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. xiii. 41 No breck was ever found in her veil, so spotlesse was her conversation.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Staff. 38 Monuments..remaining without breck or blemish to this day.

2. = break n.¹ 12. Also attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > broken land

break1674

breck1787

1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 376 Breck, a large new-made inclosure.

1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 282/1 The naked brecks (or undulating downs) of Norfolk.

1840 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 1 iv. 360 The first damside breck meadow on the plan.

1863 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. (Gloss.) 721/2 Breck (Norf., Suff.), a large field. In Northumb., etc., a portion of a field cultivated by itself.

1879 R. Lubbock Fauna of Norfolk Introd. p. viii On the ‘Breck’ district the lordly Bustard roamed.

1894 Naturalists' Jrnl. Oct. 90 The ‘brecks’..are the upland heaths and huge fields of this district [sc. south-west Norfolk].

1897 W. Rye Songs Norfolk 124 Such cramped wild country, half rough breck land and half marsh.

Compounds

Breckland n. a name given to the region of brecks in Norfolk.

ΚΠ

1894 Naturalists' Jrnl. Oct. 90 We at length reach a typical breckland wild—Roudham Heath.

1956 O. M. Cook Breckland 59 Many of the Breckland cottages..have no gardens... This is typical of Breckland.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	breck
释义	breckn. Forms: Middle English brek, Middle English brekke, Middle English breke, Middle English–1500s brecke, Middle English–1600s breck. Etymology: A parallel form of break n.¹, or a direct derivative of brec- stem of break v. †1. A breach, blemish, failing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [noun] > an imperfection > defect or fault or flaw faultc1320 breckc1369 villainyc1400 offencec1425 defectc1450 defection1526 vitiosity1538 faintness1543 gall1545 eelist1549 mar1551 hole1553 blemish1555 wart1603 flaw1604 mulct1632 wound1646 failurea1656 misfeature1818 bug1875 out1886 c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse 940 Swiche a fairenesse of a nekke..that boon nor brekke Nas ther non seen that mys satte. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6344 He drou þam vp at first, Wit-vten ani brek or brist. 1413 J. Lydgate Pilgr. of Sowle (1859) i. xv. 13 I that am in this brecke perylous. 1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 9^v Saint Mighel doth bid thee, amend thy marshwal the breck, and the crabhole. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. xiii. 41 No breck was ever found in her veil, so spotlesse was her conversation. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Staff. 38 Monuments..remaining without breck or blemish to this day. 2. = break n.¹ 12. Also attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > broken land break1674 breck1787 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 376 Breck, a large new-made inclosure. 1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 282/1 The naked brecks (or undulating downs) of Norfolk. 1840 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 1 iv. 360 The first damside breck meadow on the plan. 1863 J. C. Morton Cycl. Agric. (new ed.) II. (Gloss.) 721/2 Breck (Norf., Suff.), a large field. In Northumb., etc., a portion of a field cultivated by itself. 1879 R. Lubbock Fauna of Norfolk Introd. p. viii On the ‘Breck’ district the lordly Bustard roamed. 1894 Naturalists' Jrnl. Oct. 90 The ‘brecks’..are the upland heaths and huge fields of this district [sc. south-west Norfolk]. 1897 W. Rye Songs Norfolk 124 Such cramped wild country, half rough breck land and half marsh. Compounds Breckland n. a name given to the region of brecks in Norfolk. ΚΠ 1894 Naturalists' Jrnl. Oct. 90 We at length reach a typical breckland wild—Roudham Heath. 1956 O. M. Cook Breckland 59 Many of the Breckland cottages..have no gardens... This is typical of Breckland. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1369
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