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English
Etymology
From brow + bound.
Adjective
browbound (not comparable)
- (archaic) crowned; wearing a diadem or something resembling one.
c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :When he might act the woman in the scene,
He proved best man i’ the field, and for his meed
Was brow-bound with the oak.
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