BREAD 3

Etymology 3

From Middle English breden (“to spread”),

from Old English brǣdan (“to make broad, extend, spread, stretch out; be extended, rise, grow”),

from Proto-Germanic *braidijaną (“to make broad, broaden”).

Verb

bread (third-person singular simple present breads, present participle breading, simple past and past participle breaded)

1. (transitive, dialectal) To make broad; spread.^[1]

References

1. 1674, John Ray, A Collection of English Words Not Generally Used