Obs. Also 6 Sc. vmbrakill, -kle. [ad. L. umbrācul-um shady place, etc., dim. of umbra UMBRA1. Cf. obs. F. ombracle, It. ombraculo, -colo, F. (bot.) umbracule.] Shade or shadow; a shady place.
c. 1500. Kennedy, Passion of Christ, 14. Haill, beyme to skaill of ded þe dirk vmbrakill! Ibid., 1312, 1395.
1500–20. Dunbar, Poems, lxxxv. 20. Quhilk king ws bring vnto his ryng, Fro dethis dirk vmbrakle.
1609. J. Davies (Heref.), Holy Roode, Wks. (Grosart), I. 15/1. That Tree (that Soule-refreshing Vmbracle Together with our Sinne) His shoulders teares.
1653. R. Mason, in Bulwer, Anthropomet., Lett. to Author. Here were the Alleys and umbracles of his ordinary recesses.
