† out-ˈbraid, v.1 Obs.
Pa. tense -braid(e, -breyd(e, etc.
[f. out- 15 + braid v.1 Cf. abraid v.1 More correctly written as two words.]
a. trans. To wrench, snatch, or pull out; to draw (a sword).
| 13.. Coer de L. 4523 Men off armes the swerdes outbreyde. 1390 Gower Conf. I. 306 And he for wraþþe his swerd out⁓breide [rime seide]. |
b. intr. To start, spring, or burst out.
| c 1400 Sege Jerus. (E.E.T.S.) 47/827 A womman, bounden with a barn, was on þe body hytte..Þat þe barn out brayde fram þe body clene. |
c. trans. To dart out, to throw out, eject.
| 1600 Fairfax Tasso x. i, The snake (that on his crest hot fire out braid) Was quite cut off. |