Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Brede /brēd/ · IPA /brˈiːd/ n. n. 01 n. Breadth. 1. Breadth.[Obs.] 02 n. A braid. 1. A braid.[R.] “Half lapped in glowing gauze and golden brede.” — Tennyson.