breal

Yola

Etymology

Possibly a blend from Middle English brennen (“to burn”) + bale (“large fire”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɾiːɫ/
Homophone: brail

Noun

breal

A large fire.
- 1867, “VERSES IN ANSWER TO THE WEDDEEN O BALLYMORE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 98:
  Trippeathès an brand-eyrons war ee-brougkt to a big breal.
  [Trippets and brandirons were brought to the large fire.]

References

Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 27

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