Braille

Braille [breyl] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. Louis [loo-is, loo-ee; French lwee] /ˈlu ɪs, ˈlu i; French lwi/, 1809–52, French teacher of the blind.
2. a system of writing or printing, devised by L. Braille for use by the blind, in which combinations of tangible dots or points are used to represent letters, characters, etc., that are read by touch.

verb (used with object), Brailled, Braill·ing.

3. to write or transliterate in Braille characters.

Also braille (for defs 2, 3). Origin of Braille First recorded in 1850–55 Examples from the Web for braille Contemporary Examples of braille

If our interview were in person, she would ask me to type out questions on a braille display.

TEDx Talks Have a Disability Problem—but This Incredible Young Woman Is Working to Change That

Nina Strochlic

November 5, 2014

Kandynce went to Braille school so she could keep up her passion for reading, history in particular.

Killed by Donald Sterling’s Racism

Michael Daly

May 14, 2014

According to the American Foundation for the Blind, Dufau eventually relented and the Braille code spread throughout the world.

History’s Greatest Book Burners

Judith Miller

September 7, 2010

Historical Examples of braille

Braille and typewriting were taken up as a matter of course.

Through St. Dunstan’s to Light

James H. Rawlinson

For a while, indeed, I had to copy my Latin in braille, so that I could recite with the other girls.

Story of My Life

Helen Keller

He could write Braille, with a punch and a Braille slate,–yes, indeed!

The Happy Venture

Edith Ballinger Price

After the reading of Braille has been mastered, writing it, an even more difficult operation, is taken up.

Through St. Dunstan’s to Light

James H. Rawlinson

He learned me the deaf alphabet, and how to read in the Braille book, and it’s not so bad now.

Workhouse Characters

Margaret Wynne Nevinson

British Dictionary definitions for braille Braille 1 noun

1. a system of writing for the blind consisting of raised dots that can be interpreted by touch, each dot or group of dots representing a letter, numeral, or punctuation mark
2. any writing produced by this methodCompare Moon

verb

3. (tr) to print or write using this method

Braille 2 noun

1. Louis (lwi). 1809–52, French inventor, musician, and teacher of the blind, who himself was blind from the age of three and who devised the Braille system of raised writing

Word Origin and History for braille Braille

1853, from Louis Braille (1809-1852), French musician and teacher, blind from age 3, who devised it c.1830.

braille in Culture Braille

A system of writing and printing for the blind in which arrangements of raised dots representing letters and numbers can be identified by touch.