† ˈbrowet Obs.
Also 4–6 bruet, brewet(t.
[a. F. brouet, broet (13th c. in Littré) soup made of flesh-broth, dim. of OF. breu, earlier bro (= Pr. bro, Sp. brodio, It. brodo, broda, med.L. brodium, brodum), late L. (*brodum) or Romanic (brodo), ad. OHG. brod broth. The OF. nominative brouetz, broez, gave browis.]
Soup or broth of the juice of boiled meat, with various thickening ingredients.
| 1399 Langl. Rich. Redeless ii. 51 Ȝoure side signes, þat shente all þe browet. c 1420 Liber Cocorum (1862) 22 Þese er hennes in browet. c 1420 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 661 Hic garrus, brewett. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 54 Browett, brodiellum. c 1440 Anc. Cookery in Househ. Ord. (1790) 430 Blaunche Bruet of Almayn. c 1460 Towneley Myst. 43 And broght me bruet of dere. 1495 Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W.) i. xiii. 18 a/1 He ne dranke but a lytyll browet made with meele. a 1500 MS. 15th C. in Promp. Parv. 54 Bruet seec, bruet salmene, and bruet sarazineys blanc. |