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Braies stems from Old French: braies, but is etymologically related to many other European words for pants, including the English word breeches.Braies via Old French originate from Latin: bracae, plural of braca (also spelled braccae), referring to the shapeless pants worn by the Ancient Gauls, which in turn is borrowed from Gaulish brāca, of Germanic origin.
The Pragser Wildsee, or Lake Prags, Lake Braies (Italian: Lago di Braies; German: Pragser Wildsee) is a natural lake in the Prags Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy. It belongs to the municipality of Prags which is located in the Prags Valley. During World War II, it was the destination of the transport of concentration camp inmates to Tyrol.
Prags (German pronunciation:; Italian: Braies; Ladin: Braies) is a comune (municipality) and a village in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about 60 kilometres (37 mi) northeast of Bolzano. Geography
A mosaic from the Piazza Armerina in Sicily showing a woman wearing a strophium (breastcloth) and a subligaculum Medieval braies A loincloth in 1412 Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. The loincloth is the simplest form of underwear; it was probably the first undergarment worn by human beings. In warmer climates, the loincloth was often the ...
Underclothes consisted of an inner tunic (French chainse) or shirt with long, tight sleeves, and drawers or braies, usually of linen. Tailored cloth leggings called chausses or hose, made as separate garments for each leg, were often worn with the tunic; striped hose were popular. [1]
The Fanes-Sennes-Prags Nature Park (Ladin: Parch natural Fanes-Senes-Braies; Italian: Parco naturale Fanes-Sennes-Braies; German: Naturpark Fanes-Sennes-Prags) is a nature reserve in the Dolomites in South Tyrol, Italy.
Hose or chausses worn with braies and tied to a belt, 1440. Servant wearing pluderhosen, 1565. Charles IX of France wearing padded hose, ...
A bra, short for brassiere or brassière (US: / b r ə ˈ z ɪər /, UK: / ˈ b r æ s ɪər, ˈ b r æ z-/; French:), is form-fitting underwear that is primarily used to support and cover a person's breasts.