Note 509 — EPIGRAMS BY J[ohn] D[avies].
Reading edition
"A term in fortification, exactly from the French fausse-braie, which means, say the dictionaries, a counter-breast-work, or, in fact, a mound thrown up to mask some part of the works.
'And made those strange approaches by false-brays, Reduits, half-moons, horn-works, and such close ways.' B. Jons. Underwoods."—Nares.