Bretonn.adj.

Brit.

/ˈbrɛt(ə)n/,

/ˈbrɛtɒn/,

/ˈbrɛtɒ̃/, U.S.

/ˈbrɛtn/

Forms:

α. Middle English Bretoun, Middle English Briton, Middle English Britoun, Middle English Brytoun, Middle English– Breton, late Middle English–1500s Brytton, late Middle English–1600s Bretton, 1500s–1600s Britton.

β. late Middle English Britaygne, 1500s Britayne, 1500s Brittan, 1500s–1600s Brittain, 1600s Bretaign, 1600s–1700s Britain.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: Briton n.

Etymology: Originally a variant of Briton n., now usually distinguished in form in the senses below. The modern adoption of the form Breton in these senses is due to the influence of French breton (see Briton n. and adj.), which also frequently exerts an influence on the pronunciation (e.g. with a nasalized vowel or /ɒn/ in the second syllable).In β. forms influenced by Britain n.¹

A. n.

†1. A Breton apple. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > other apples

Bretonc1390

stur1483

marigold apple1577

fritter1591

Margaret1597

critling1611

cat's-head1617

rosiar1620

rose apple1626

snouting1651

roundling1655

mayflower1664

red greening1664

seaming1664

sheep's snout1664

spicing apple1664

violet-apple1664

pomme d'api1676

rathe-ripe1677

rose1678

lady's finger1688

stone apple1736

sops-in-wine1764

stone pippin1769

Manx codlin1818

Rymer1820

Roxbury russet1826

souring1832

genet1833

tompot1836

Wagener1848

flesh and blood1853

pick-thong1871

virgin1886

Jon1931

Idared1942

c1390 Pistel of Swete Susan (Vernon) l. 97 (MED) Þe Britouns, þe Blaunderers, Braunches þe bewe.

2. A native or inhabitant of Brittany in north-western France.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of France > parts of

Normanc1275

Picardc1330

Gascona1387

Britonerc1390

Bretona1400

Normanda1400

Poitevin1483

Angevin1511

Navarrois1523

Savoyan1583

Armorican1593

Savoyard1595

meridional1605

Picardin1616

artesian1629

Biscayana1640

Limousin1653

Lyonnais1653

Languedocian1658

Biscayner1664

Navarrese1686

Provençale1730

Lorrainer1743

Navarran1770

Vendean1796

Tourangeau1883

Tourangeois1958

α.

a1400 Kyng Alisaunder (1952) 5881 Þe kynges oost..maugre Picard and Bretoun, Breken þere þe wal adoun.

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 3 Thise olde gentil Britons..Of diuerse auentures maden layes.

a1500 Sir Orfeo (Harl.) 16 In Brytayn þis layes arne ywryte..Of aventures þat fillen by dayes, Wherof Brytouns made her layes.

1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxvii. [clxiii.] 464 Well, syrs, quod the bretons, lette se laye forthe the money.

1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ix. 528 He gaue order that the Cardinall of Nantes A Britton by nation, should as it were of him self, solicit Tryuulce to peace.

1607 E. Grimeston tr. Gen. Inuentorie Hist. France ii. 147 He goes to field, gathers together a goodly troupe of Brittons, and puts himselfe into Pontorson..he fortifies it, and mans it with a good garrison... This doone, he dismisseth his Brettons.

1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxxi. 139 The very barbarous Nations of the Poictevins, Bretons, Manceaux.

1722 J. Henley tr. R. A. de Vertot Crit. Hist. Establishm. Bretons ii. 334 The Queen of France, smitten with the Charms of a young Breton.

1792 G. Morris Let. 1 Aug. in J. Catanzariti Papers T. Jefferson (1990) XXIV. 277 Among these are the Bretons and Marseillois now in this City.

1818 A. E. Stothard Lett. Tour Normandy (1820) xxiv. 254 The Bretons do not resemble in countenance either the Normans or French, nor have they much of the Welsh character.

1861 Chambers's Encycl. II. 332/1 The Breton has generally a tinge of melancholy in his disposition.

1884 J. Rhŷs Celtic Brit. 3 The other group is represented by the people of Wales and the Bretons.

1924 G. B. Shaw St. Joan iv. 40 Are these Burgundians and Bretons and Picards and Gascons beginning to call themselves Frenchmen?

1958 E. Hyams Taking it Easy i. ii. 72 The dockyard ‘mateys’ who had been sent us to do the work were all Bretons from the Arsenal at Brest.

1980 W. M. Spackman Presence with Secrets (1982) ii. 61 Brittany wasn't even part of France for any true Breton—it was occupied.

2004 Sunday Times Trav. Feb.–Mar. 71/1 Like the Bretons, they are great trawlers, drink draught cider, play the bagpipes and have their own version of the Breton pancakes called frixuelos.

β. ?1552 J. Bale Expostulation agaynste Papyst sig. Ci^v He coulde not reade a Psalme, neyther yet speake Englyshe, beynge an allyen, an Armoricall or frenche Britayne.1592 Surv. or Topogr. Descr. France 44 The Brittains are generally tractable, but those that are neerer the sea coast are not so courteous as the rest.a1618 W. Raleigh Disc. Invention Shipping 9 in Judicious & Select Ess. (1650) The French Brittains who were then esteemed the best Brittaine Sea men.1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. O5^v The Britans..were questionless one of the first Nations that possessed any part of Gaul.1685 E. Stillingfleet Origines Britannicæ iv. 181 Leland observes, that some made him a Britain, as being born in that Bretagn which was called Aremorica, on the Continent.1708 J. Collier Eccl. Hist. Great Brit. I. i. 59/1 St. Patern having done great Service to Religion in Wales, left the Country, and settled in Armorica, at the instance of the French Britains.

3. The Celtic language of Brittany.Breton is a Brittonic language (cf. Brittonic n.), most closely related to Cornish, which was brought to Brittany (at least in part) by migrants from southern Britain in the course of the first millennium a.d. It is now an endangered language, surviving chiefly in the western part of Brittany (Basse-Bretagne). The name of the language in Breton is Brezhoneg.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Celtic > Brythonic > Breton

Armorican1587

Armoric1707

Breton1830

1592 Surv. or Topogr. Descr. France 42 The other three dioceses do speake a mixed language, sometimes French sometimes Britton.

1797 tr. A.-L.-B. M. Penhouet Lett. Tour S. Wales v. 30 Unfortunately I cannot speak enough of Breton to hold a conversation in it.

1830 Cambrian Q. Mag. 2 192 The Breton-speaking Brittany.

1913 J. M. Jones Welsh Gram. Introd. 1 Keltic..The P division, consisting of Gaulish, and the British group, comprising Welsh, Cornish and Breton.

1969 Listener 6 Feb. 165/3 Local schools used to display a notice which read: ‘No spitting, and no talking Breton.’

1994 J. Edwards Multilingualism (1995) v. 137 The centralist tendencies so long evident in France have perhaps relaxed slightly but regional languages like Breton, Alsatian and Occitan continue to struggle.

2000 S. Fallon & M. Rothschild World Food: France (Lonely Planet Guide) 132 Among the sweets you'll encounter here are gâteau breton, a rich pound (or Madeira) cake..and far breton (farz forn in Breton), a golden flan often made with prunes.

4. = Breton hat n. at Compounds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > with a brim > with upturned brim

cocked hat1673

scraper1818

pork-pie hat1860

pork pie1861

Champagne Charlie1867

Breton1941

1941 Amer. Speech 16 67/2 Later Bretons and Sailors were pushed, and the standard Snap-Brim.

1992 N.Y. Mag. 3 Feb. 60/3 Buttery soft suede hats include an antelope suede breton with burgundy velvet baby rosebuds.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of Brittany, its inhabitants, or their language.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > France or Frankish land > [adjective] > Brittany

Bretonc1405

Armorican1577

British1602

Britain1641

α.

c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 471 This Briton clerk hym asked of felawes.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. cxvi On the fronters of Bretayne there was a breton knyght of the frenche partie called Beamont of the Uale.

1626 J. Florio et al. tr. T. Boccalini New-found Politicke i. 40 If the English, the Portagues, the Bretton, the Biscan, the Hollander and the Zelander Pilots..were able to curb and command the vast and dreadfull Ocean.

1666 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1888) VI. 101 A warrant against 11 Britton men for riotously taking a whale and other wrecke.

1722 J. Henley tr. R. A. de Vertot Crit. Hist. Establishm. Bretons ii. 315 This Breton Lord, whom the Fathers of the Council styled, him that possess the Country of Bretagne.

1768 tr. M. De Sévigné Lett. X. 169 If it were a word of the Breton-tongue, it could not be worse.

1818 A. E. Stothard Lett. Tour Normandy (1820) xxiv. 253 The Breton language appears to me..far more corrupted than the Welsh.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iii. 36 The modest severity of the Breton dress.

1890 A. Conan Doyle White Company xxiv ‘I come,’ he shouted.., with a strong Breton accent.

1906 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 676 Among his rear-vassals figured the Breton counts of Rennes and of Nantes.

1947 Amer. Notes & Queries 6 173/1 The Cajuns—south-west Louisiana Acadians of Norman and Breton ancestry—were seemingly very resourceful in this art.

1969 Listener 6 Feb. 165/3 Even today there is a celebrated Breton couple six of whose 13 children have never been officially registered because they insisted on giving them Breton names.

1992 Holiday Which? Jan. 36/3 Slate-roofed brownstone Breton cottages with little gabled windows overlook the seafront.

2004 fRoots Apr. 111/3 Curiously listenable too, with..some innovative arranging that owes as much to Breton music as to UK folk.

β. 1602 T. Fitzherbert Def. Catholyke Cause v. f. 17 Neyther the Arrian heresy nor yet the Pelagian afterwards..could infect the whole body of the Britain Church,..the first was rooted out by the industry, of the good Pastors and Bishops of Britany..and the later..was suppressed by..two Bishops of France.1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 179 The Britain..is a dialect of the Welsh.

Compounds

Breton cap n. (a) (originally) a wide, white linen bonnet traditionally worn by Breton women, having two long side-pieces and often elaborate folds; (b) (now usually) a peaked cap of a type worn by Breton fishermen.

ΚΠ

1833 Cambrian & Caledonian Q. Mag. 5 59 The Breton cap has long broad lappets hanging down on each side to the shoulders, and which are sometimes pinned up to the crown of the head.

1910 Van Wert (Ohio) Daily Bull. 1 Nov. 1/2 Simon, the little Frenchman whose blue Breton cap just topped the wings of Bleriot No. 24 [sc. an aeroplane].

1932 G. E. King Memories Southern Woman of Lett. xvii. 299 A bonne in black, with a Breton cap, now became master of ceremonies.

2007 D. Leitch Autobiogr. of Donovan 25 I..lay on the sand, rolled up my jeans, put my Breton cap over my face, and sunbathed.

Breton hat n. a felt or straw hat with a round crown and an upward-curved brim.

ΚΠ

1866 Monthly Packet 2 98 A saint who is represented with a very ruddy face, in a broad-brimmed Breton hat.

1997 L. Tickner in T. Smith In Visible Touch 169 Lewis' early writings..can be related to Kermesse, where the drinks and revelry and Breton hats suggest a local Pardon.

Breton sailor n. = Breton hat n. (cf. sailor n. 4).

ΚΠ

1903 Westm. Gaz. 2 July 4/2 Big hats very round in shape need not be avoided, nor Breton sailors.

1999 P. Goldman Monkeyshines on Cultures & Customs 80 The older men still wear the distinctive broad-brimmed hats called Breton sailors.

† Breton tackle n. Obsolete Nautical = burton n.¹

ΚΠ

1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 188 Pollankers vj. Brytton takles iiij. Shyvers of Brass..for the same viij.

1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 210 Breton takles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	breton
释义	Bretonn.adj. Brit. /ˈbrɛt(ə)n/, /ˈbrɛtɒn/, /ˈbrɛtɒ̃/, U.S. /ˈbrɛtn/ Forms: α. Middle English Bretoun, Middle English Briton, Middle English Britoun, Middle English Brytoun, Middle English– Breton, late Middle English–1500s Brytton, late Middle English–1600s Bretton, 1500s–1600s Britton. β. late Middle English Britaygne, 1500s Britayne, 1500s Brittan, 1500s–1600s Brittain, 1600s Bretaign, 1600s–1700s Britain. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item; partly modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: Briton n. Etymology: Originally a variant of Briton n., now usually distinguished in form in the senses below. The modern adoption of the form Breton in these senses is due to the influence of French breton (see Briton n. and adj.), which also frequently exerts an influence on the pronunciation (e.g. with a nasalized vowel or /ɒn/ in the second syllable).In β. forms influenced by Britain n.¹ A. n. †1. A Breton apple. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > apple > other apples Bretonc1390 stur1483 marigold apple1577 fritter1591 Margaret1597 critling1611 cat's-head1617 rosiar1620 rose apple1626 snouting1651 roundling1655 mayflower1664 red greening1664 seaming1664 sheep's snout1664 spicing apple1664 violet-apple1664 pomme d'api1676 rathe-ripe1677 rose1678 lady's finger1688 stone apple1736 sops-in-wine1764 stone pippin1769 Manx codlin1818 Rymer1820 Roxbury russet1826 souring1832 genet1833 tompot1836 Wagener1848 flesh and blood1853 pick-thong1871 virgin1886 Jon1931 Idared1942 c1390 Pistel of Swete Susan (Vernon) l. 97 (MED) Þe Britouns, þe Blaunderers, Braunches þe bewe. 2. A native or inhabitant of Brittany in north-western France. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Europe > French nation > [noun] > native or inhabitant of France > parts of Normanc1275 Picardc1330 Gascona1387 Britonerc1390 Bretona1400 Normanda1400 Poitevin1483 Angevin1511 Navarrois1523 Savoyan1583 Armorican1593 Savoyard1595 meridional1605 Picardin1616 artesian1629 Biscayana1640 Limousin1653 Lyonnais1653 Languedocian1658 Biscayner1664 Navarrese1686 Provençale1730 Lorrainer1743 Navarran1770 Vendean1796 Tourangeau1883 Tourangeois1958 α. a1400 Kyng Alisaunder (1952) 5881 Þe kynges oost..maugre Picard and Bretoun, Breken þere þe wal adoun. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 3 Thise olde gentil Britons..Of diuerse auentures maden layes. a1500 Sir Orfeo (Harl.) 16 In Brytayn þis layes arne ywryte..Of aventures þat fillen by dayes, Wherof Brytouns made her layes. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxvii. [clxiii.] 464 Well, syrs, quod the bretons, lette se laye forthe the money. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ix. 528 He gaue order that the Cardinall of Nantes A Britton by nation, should as it were of him self, solicit Tryuulce to peace. 1607 E. Grimeston tr. Gen. Inuentorie Hist. France ii. 147 He goes to field, gathers together a goodly troupe of Brittons, and puts himselfe into Pontorson..he fortifies it, and mans it with a good garrison... This doone, he dismisseth his Brettons. 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 1st Bk. Wks. xxxi. 139 The very barbarous Nations of the Poictevins, Bretons, Manceaux. 1722 J. Henley tr. R. A. de Vertot Crit. Hist. Establishm. Bretons ii. 334 The Queen of France, smitten with the Charms of a young Breton. 1792 G. Morris Let. 1 Aug. in J. Catanzariti Papers T. Jefferson (1990) XXIV. 277 Among these are the Bretons and Marseillois now in this City. 1818 A. E. Stothard Lett. Tour Normandy (1820) xxiv. 254 The Bretons do not resemble in countenance either the Normans or French, nor have they much of the Welsh character. 1861 Chambers's Encycl. II. 332/1 The Breton has generally a tinge of melancholy in his disposition. 1884 J. Rhŷs Celtic Brit. 3 The other group is represented by the people of Wales and the Bretons. 1924 G. B. Shaw St. Joan iv. 40 Are these Burgundians and Bretons and Picards and Gascons beginning to call themselves Frenchmen? 1958 E. Hyams Taking it Easy i. ii. 72 The dockyard ‘mateys’ who had been sent us to do the work were all Bretons from the Arsenal at Brest. 1980 W. M. Spackman Presence with Secrets (1982) ii. 61 Brittany wasn't even part of France for any true Breton—it was occupied. 2004 Sunday Times Trav. Feb.–Mar. 71/1 Like the Bretons, they are great trawlers, drink draught cider, play the bagpipes and have their own version of the Breton pancakes called frixuelos. β. ?1552 J. Bale Expostulation agaynste Papyst sig. Ci^v He coulde not reade a Psalme, neyther yet speake Englyshe, beynge an allyen, an Armoricall or frenche Britayne.1592 Surv. or Topogr. Descr. France 44 The Brittains are generally tractable, but those that are neerer the sea coast are not so courteous as the rest.a1618 W. Raleigh Disc. Invention Shipping 9 in Judicious & Select Ess. (1650) The French Brittains who were then esteemed the best Brittaine Sea men.1652 P. Heylyn Cosmographie i. sig. O5^v The Britans..were questionless one of the first Nations that possessed any part of Gaul.1685 E. Stillingfleet Origines Britannicæ iv. 181 Leland observes, that some made him a Britain, as being born in that Bretagn which was called Aremorica, on the Continent.1708 J. Collier Eccl. Hist. Great Brit. I. i. 59/1 St. Patern having done great Service to Religion in Wales, left the Country, and settled in Armorica, at the instance of the French Britains. 3. The Celtic language of Brittany.Breton is a Brittonic language (cf. Brittonic n.), most closely related to Cornish, which was brought to Brittany (at least in part) by migrants from southern Britain in the course of the first millennium a.d. It is now an endangered language, surviving chiefly in the western part of Brittany (Basse-Bretagne). The name of the language in Breton is Brezhoneg. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Celtic > Brythonic > Breton Armorican1587 Armoric1707 Breton1830 1592 Surv. or Topogr. Descr. France 42 The other three dioceses do speake a mixed language, sometimes French sometimes Britton. 1797 tr. A.-L.-B. M. Penhouet Lett. Tour S. Wales v. 30 Unfortunately I cannot speak enough of Breton to hold a conversation in it. 1830 Cambrian Q. Mag. 2 192 The Breton-speaking Brittany. 1913 J. M. Jones Welsh Gram. Introd. 1 Keltic..The P division, consisting of Gaulish, and the British group, comprising Welsh, Cornish and Breton. 1969 Listener 6 Feb. 165/3 Local schools used to display a notice which read: ‘No spitting, and no talking Breton.’ 1994 J. Edwards Multilingualism (1995) v. 137 The centralist tendencies so long evident in France have perhaps relaxed slightly but regional languages like Breton, Alsatian and Occitan continue to struggle. 2000 S. Fallon & M. Rothschild World Food: France (Lonely Planet Guide) 132 Among the sweets you'll encounter here are gâteau breton, a rich pound (or Madeira) cake..and far breton (farz forn in Breton), a golden flan often made with prunes. 4. = Breton hat n. at Compounds. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [noun] > hat > with a brim > with upturned brim cocked hat1673 scraper1818 pork-pie hat1860 pork pie1861 Champagne Charlie1867 Breton1941 1941 Amer. Speech 16 67/2 Later Bretons and Sailors were pushed, and the standard Snap-Brim. 1992 N.Y. Mag. 3 Feb. 60/3 Buttery soft suede hats include an antelope suede breton with burgundy velvet baby rosebuds. B. adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of Brittany, its inhabitants, or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Europe > France or Frankish land > [adjective] > Brittany Bretonc1405 Armorican1577 British1602 Britain1641 α. c1405 (c1395) G. Chaucer Franklin's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 471 This Briton clerk hym asked of felawes. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. f. cxvi On the fronters of Bretayne there was a breton knyght of the frenche partie called Beamont of the Uale. 1626 J. Florio et al. tr. T. Boccalini New-found Politicke i. 40 If the English, the Portagues, the Bretton, the Biscan, the Hollander and the Zelander Pilots..were able to curb and command the vast and dreadfull Ocean. 1666 in Quarter Sessions Rec. (N. Riding Rec. Soc.) (1888) VI. 101 A warrant against 11 Britton men for riotously taking a whale and other wrecke. 1722 J. Henley tr. R. A. de Vertot Crit. Hist. Establishm. Bretons ii. 315 This Breton Lord, whom the Fathers of the Council styled, him that possess the Country of Bretagne. 1768 tr. M. De Sévigné Lett. X. 169 If it were a word of the Breton-tongue, it could not be worse. 1818 A. E. Stothard Lett. Tour Normandy (1820) xxiv. 253 The Breton language appears to me..far more corrupted than the Welsh. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iii. 36 The modest severity of the Breton dress. 1890 A. Conan Doyle White Company xxiv ‘I come,’ he shouted.., with a strong Breton accent. 1906 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 11 676 Among his rear-vassals figured the Breton counts of Rennes and of Nantes. 1947 Amer. Notes & Queries 6 173/1 The Cajuns—south-west Louisiana Acadians of Norman and Breton ancestry—were seemingly very resourceful in this art. 1969 Listener 6 Feb. 165/3 Even today there is a celebrated Breton couple six of whose 13 children have never been officially registered because they insisted on giving them Breton names. 1992 Holiday Which? Jan. 36/3 Slate-roofed brownstone Breton cottages with little gabled windows overlook the seafront. 2004 fRoots Apr. 111/3 Curiously listenable too, with..some innovative arranging that owes as much to Breton music as to UK folk. β. 1602 T. Fitzherbert Def. Catholyke Cause v. f. 17 Neyther the Arrian heresy nor yet the Pelagian afterwards..could infect the whole body of the Britain Church,..the first was rooted out by the industry, of the good Pastors and Bishops of Britany..and the later..was suppressed by..two Bishops of France.1647 J. Howell New Vol. of Lett. 179 The Britain..is a dialect of the Welsh. Compounds Breton cap n. (a) (originally) a wide, white linen bonnet traditionally worn by Breton women, having two long side-pieces and often elaborate folds; (b) (now usually) a peaked cap of a type worn by Breton fishermen. ΚΠ 1833 Cambrian & Caledonian Q. Mag. 5 59 The Breton cap has long broad lappets hanging down on each side to the shoulders, and which are sometimes pinned up to the crown of the head. 1910 Van Wert (Ohio) Daily Bull. 1 Nov. 1/2 Simon, the little Frenchman whose blue Breton cap just topped the wings of Bleriot No. 24 [sc. an aeroplane]. 1932 G. E. King Memories Southern Woman of Lett. xvii. 299 A bonne in black, with a Breton cap, now became master of ceremonies. 2007 D. Leitch Autobiogr. of Donovan 25 I..lay on the sand, rolled up my jeans, put my Breton cap over my face, and sunbathed. Breton hat n. a felt or straw hat with a round crown and an upward-curved brim. ΚΠ 1866 Monthly Packet 2 98 A saint who is represented with a very ruddy face, in a broad-brimmed Breton hat. 1997 L. Tickner in T. Smith In Visible Touch 169 Lewis' early writings..can be related to Kermesse, where the drinks and revelry and Breton hats suggest a local Pardon. Breton sailor n. = Breton hat n. (cf. sailor n. 4). ΚΠ 1903 Westm. Gaz. 2 July 4/2 Big hats very round in shape need not be avoided, nor Breton sailors. 1999 P. Goldman Monkeyshines on Cultures & Customs 80 The older men still wear the distinctive broad-brimmed hats called Breton sailors. † Breton tackle n. Obsolete Nautical = burton n.¹ ΚΠ 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 188 Pollankers vj. Brytton takles iiij. Shyvers of Brass..for the same viij. 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 210 Breton takles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.c1390
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