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Synonyms for bracket

Grammar : Noun
Spell : brak-it
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbræk ɪt

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Définition of bracket

Origin :
  • 1570s, bragget, "architectural support," probably from Middle French braguette "codpiece armor" (16c.), from a fancied resemblance of architectural supports to that article of attire (Spanish cognate bragueta meant both "codpiece" and "bracket"), diminutive of brague "knee pants," ultimately from Gaulish *braca "pants," itself perhaps from Germanic (cf. Old English broc "garment for the legs and trunk;" see breeches). The sense might reflect the "breeches" sense, on the notion of two limbs or of appliances used in pairs. The typographical bracket is first recorded 1750, so called for its resemblance to double supports in carpentry (a sense attested from 1610s). Senses affected by Latin brachium "arm."
  • noun support
  • noun classification
Example sentences :
  • Then she moved over to the wall and placed the lamp in its bracket.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Instantly I put out the light I held, replacing the lamp in the bracket.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
  • It was growing dark in the shop and Jed lighted one of the bracket lamps.
  • Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • She walked straight to the silver lamp and took it from the bracket.
  • Extract from : « The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals » by Ann S. Stephens
  • His foot was propped by a bracket of quartz rock, balanced on the verge of the precipice.
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
  • For a moment it ceased, and I guessed it was at the bracket from which we had taken the candle.
  • Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • Mary lit a candle that was standing on a bracket and turned to lead the way.
  • Extract from : « All Roads Lead to Calvary » by Jerome K. Jerome
  • What is the distinction in use between the bracket and the parenthesis?
  • Extract from : « Punctuation » by Frederick W. Hamilton
  • A night lamp burned on a bracket, but it only gave a dim and feeble light.
  • Extract from : « The Queen's Necklace » by Alexandre Dumas pre
  • The lamp, placed on a bracket, threw its light on her white hair.
  • Extract from : « Sentimental Education, Volume II » by Gustave Flaubert

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