Meanings
nounbraxy (countable and uncountable, plural braxies)
plural braxies
- countableuncountableAn inflammatory disease of sheep caused by Clostridium septicum
Synonyms: bradsot
- countablehistoricaluncountableMeat from sheep that have died from this disease, or that have died from accident or disease in general.
If they suffocated before they could be slaughtered, their meat was unfit for human consumption, though it found its way on to the market as ‘braxy’, in shops patronized only by the very poor.
1993, Pat Barker, The Eye in the Door (The Regeneration Trilogy), Penguin, published 2014, page 457
adjectivebraxy (not comparable)
- not comparableDiseased with braxy.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn inflammatory disease of sheep caused by Clostridium septicum
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