braird noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •(Scotland) The first shoots of grass or crops.[…] as he opened the various window-boards, loving couples flew off like hares surprised too late in the morning among the early braird. — 1824 verb1 •(Scotland) Of grass or crops: to show their first shoots above ground.Turnips—A very middling crop all over; brairded well, but too dry; […] — 1912 formsbrairded · brairding · brairds
