bragget

English

Alternative forms

• bracket, brackett, bragawd, braggett, braggot, bragot

Etymology

From Middle English bragot, braket, from Middle Welsh bragawd, bragaut, bragod, from brag (“malt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹæɡɪt/

Noun

bragget (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) A liquor made of fermented ale and honey with spices.
   • 1621 August 13 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Ben Jonson, “The Masque of the Gypsies”, in Q. Horatius Flaccus: His Art of Poetry. […], London: […] J[ohn] Okes, for John Benson […], published 1640, →OCLC:

     You have in draughts of Darby drill'd your men,
     And we have serv'd there, armed all in ale,
     With the brown bowl, and charg'd in bragget stale […]

Synonyms

• Welsh ale

Related terms

• mead (“alcoholic drink fermented from honey and water”)