[f. brack, var. of BRAKE sb.1 and BRAKE sb.2; the two being confused.] a. = BRACKENY. b. Of the nature of a brake or thicket.
a. 1618. Sylvester, Job Triumph. (1620), 945. The brackie barren wildernesse.
1628. Coke, On Litt., 4 b. A brackie ground is called filicetum, ubi filices crescunt.
