Obs. rare–1. [Corruption of F. brou in same sense: found earlier also as broust, and thus identified with the etymon of BROWSE sb.] The inner covering of the nutmeg.
1712. trans. Pomet’s Hist. Drugs, I. 127. The Nutmeg has three Wrappings, to wit, the Shell, the Mace and the Browze [la Coque, le Macis, et le Brou].
