† Bruges Obs.
Forms: 6 brigs, brug, bruges, burges, broig, brygges, 6–8 bridges, 7 birges, 8 brudges.
[F. Bruges, Flem. Brugge i.e. ‘bridge’.]
Name of a city of Flanders, used attrib. in Bruges satin, and sometimes elliptically.
| 1517 T. Allen in Lodge Illust. Brit. Hist. (1838) I. 26 One black brigs hat. 1538 Aberdeen Reg. v. 16 (Jam.) Half ellin of Brug satine. 1545 Lanc. Wills (1860) II. 66 White sattin of Bridges. 1552–3 Inv. Ch. Goods Staffords. 17 On cope of red satin bruges. 1559 Inv. Eccl. Vestm. in Hay Scotia Sacra 189 (Jam.) Blew and yellow broig satin. 1611 Rates (Jam.) Threed called Birges threed. 1721 C. King Brit. Merch. I. 285 Thred Sisters..Ditto Brudges. 1752 Beawes Lex. Mercat. 383 Thread, called black and brown, or Bridges Outnal. |