DCHP-1 Online
bras(s)e [ < F] Obs. 
n. See 1910 quote.
See also: fathom
- 1754 (1955) If it is your good pleasure to send me 5 brase of Tobacco.
- 1910 Brasse is a French linear measure, equivalent to 5318 English feet. . . . There is evidence . . . that in the middle of the eighteenth century a "brasse" was used for a shorter measure, about the length of a forearm. The tobacco was braided or twisted into long strands, and then measured by the brasse.
- 1754 (1955) If it is your good pleasure to send me 5 brase of Tobacco.