Meaning

(Lancashire, obsolete) Alternative form of bread-fleigh..

Example Sentences

When I asked a villager whether Gamershaw Boggart was ever seen now, he said, "Naw; we never see'n no baggarts neaw; nobbut when th' brade-sleigh's empty!"

Joe and I found seated by the fire, blowing clouds of tobacco smoke towards the brade sleigh over his head, whereon were hung the wafer-like ovals of oaten cakes;

he also made bread- or "brade- fleighs" (the latter syllable with a guttaral sound), to hang horizontally under the kitchen ceiling — rectangular wooden frames several feet square, with cross-bars of wood or cord, on which might be placed the oat-cake bread to dry and harden;

When Should You Use Brade-fleigh?

Use brade-fleigh when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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