brae
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braes, plural;
/brā/,
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braes, plural;
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A steep bank or hillside
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- a slope or hillside
- Brae (Old Norse: Breiðeið, meaning "the wide isthmus") is a settlement on the mainland of the Shetland Islands in Scotland. It is located at the northeast end of Busta Voe, on the narrow isthmus that separates the mainland from Northmavine. ...
- The British Antarctic Expedition 1907–09, otherwise known as the Nimrod Expedition, was the first of three expeditions to the Antarctic led by Ernest Shackleton. Its main target, among a range of geographical and scientific objectives, was to be first to the South Pole. ...
- (Braes) A hill is a landform that extends above the surrounding terrain. Hills often have a distinct summit, although in areas with scarp/dip topography a hill may refer to a particular section of flat terrain without a massive summit (e.g. Box Hill).
- (braes) (a brae is a sloping bank of a river or sea-shore; a hill-slope)^[1]
- A declivity, a precipice, the slope of a hill.
- (Scot.) a hill or uplands.