a. Obs. Also 4 bredful, bratful, bretful. Also written divisim, bret full. [app. a phonetic corruption of BRERDFULL.] Full to the brim, brim-full.
c. 1200. Trin. Coll. Hom., 167. Te lichame of iob warð bretful of wunden.
c. 1325. E. E. Allit. P., A. 126. Bred ful my braynez.
1362. Langl., P. Pl., A. Prol. 41. Heor Bagges and heore Balies weren bratful I-crommet.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Prol., 687. His walet … Bret ful of pardon comen from Rome al hoot.
a. 1500. Med. Receipts, in Rel. Ant., I. 55. Fill a mykell potte bretfull.
1616. Bullokar, Bretfull, top full.
