braving

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹeɪvɪŋ/

Verb

braving

1. present participle and gerund of brave

Noun

braving (plural bravings)

1. A bravado; a boast.
   • 1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volumes (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC:

     With so proud a strain / Of threats and bravings.