Middle English Dictionary Entry
brāse n.
Entry Info
| Forms | brāse n. Also brasey, bras(se. |
| Etymology | OF brese (F braise) embers, live coals. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
in brase, (roasted) on embers [see quots. for recipes].
Associated quotations
- (a1399) Form Cury (Add 5016)p.53 : Pykes in brasey. Take Pykes..and lay hem on a roost Irne. Þenne take gode wyne and powdour gyngur & sugar..messe forth þe pyke & lay the sewe onoward.
- ?c1425 Arun.Cook.Recipes (Arun 334)435 : Boor in Brasey. Take the ribbes of a boor..and roste hom..and do therto gode fresshe brothe of beef and wyn.
- c1450 Hrl.Cook.Bk.(2) (Hrl 4016)105 : Tenche in brase..Make sauce of water and salt..cast þe tenche therein and seth him.
- (1452) Feast Neville(1) (Tit B.11)88 : Fesaunt in brase.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)70 : To mak a breme in Brasse.
- ?a1475 Noble Bk.Cook.(Hlk 674)71 : Sole in brasse..rost hym and lay hym in a dysshe and mak the same bras ye did to the breme, saue clowes and maces.