braxy /ˈbɹaksi/noun 2adjective 1forms 1 noun2 •An inflammatory disease of sheep caused by Clostridium septicum •(historical) Meat from sheep that have died from this disease, or that have died from accident or disease in general.If they suffocated before they could be slaughtered, their meat was unfit for human consumption, though it found its way on to the market as ‘braxy’, in shops patronized only by the very poor. — 1993 adjective1 •Diseased with braxy. formsbraxies
