bråte

See also: brate

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish bruti, brote, bruta, brota. A derivative of bryta. Compare Norwegian bråte and Icelandic broti.

Noun

bråte c

  1. a tangled heap of timber (in the US sense) or twigs
  2. rubble, debris, junk ((mess of) useless or destroyed objects or remains)

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