"brett" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Short for Brettanomyces. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} brett (uncountable)
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Brett (“Brettanomyces”) Tags: alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: Brett (extra: Brettanomyces)
    Sense id: en-brett-en-noun-aSYoc8Fi
  2. (informal) A fault in wine caused by Brettanomyces yeast. Tags: informal, uncountable
    Sense id: en-brett-en-noun-KCovlYjD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: bretts [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} brett (plural bretts)
  1. (archaic) A britchka; a kind of horse-drawn carriage. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-brett-en-noun-XxN2hKu4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Carriages Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 35 58 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 11 19 36 3 3 9 3 3 6 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 24 44 2 2 6 2 2 4 5 Disambiguation of Carriages: 8 8 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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