Obs. Forms: 6 brigs, brug, bruges, burges, broig, brygges, 6–8 bridges, 7 birges, 8 brudges. [F. Bruges, Flem. Brugge i.e., ‘bridge.’] Name of a city of Flanders, used attrib. in Bruges satin, and sometimes elliptically.
1517. T. Allen, in Lodge, Illust. Brit. Hist. (1838), I. 26. One black brigs hat.
1538. Aberdeen Reg., v. 16 (Jam.). Half ellin of Brug satine.
1545. Lanc. Wills (1860), II. 66. White sattin of Bridges.
1552–3. Inv. Ch. Goods Staffords., 17. On cope of red satin bruges.
1559. Inv. Eccl. Vestm., in Hay, Scotia Sacra, 189 (Jam.). Blew and yellow broig satin.
1617. Rates (Jam.). Threed called Birges threed.
1721. C. King, Brit. Merch., I. 285. Thred Sisters … Ditto Brudges.
1752. Beawes, Lex Mercat., 383. Thread, called black and brown, or Bridges Outnal.
