brecham Sc.
(ˈbrɛxəm, ˈbrɛ{cced}əm)
Also 6 brechome, 8 brechan, brechem, brechom.
[By metathesis f. bercham, bergham, ME. berhom: see bargham.]
The collar of a draught-horse.
| 1501 Douglas Pal. Hon. 426 Raw silk brechamis ouir thair halsis hingis. 1566 Inventories 171 (Jam.) Auld brechomes and hernes. 1756 M. Calderwood Jrnl. (1884) 67 A sort of brecham about their necks. 1792 Statist. Acc. Scotl. IV. 395 The straw brecham is supplanted by the leather collar. 1818 Scott Hrt. Midl. v, Ye have set yoursell down on the very brecham that wants stitching. 1883 Glasgow Her. 8 Sept. 3/2 A collar which rises high and stiff at the back of his neck resembling somewhat a horse's ‘brecham’. |