braille

braille /breɪl/ noun [uncountableU]

TCNMIa form of printing for blind people, with raised parts that they can read by touching the paper with their fingers 布莱叶盲文[点字法]

Examples from the Corpus

braille• The lines of the images stand out from the high quality Montval paper and are accompanied by a braille text.• A braille option is also supplied and is easily fitted if required.• Previous evidence has shown that fluent braille involves a number of subsidiary perceptual, cognitive and manual skills.• The weights are marked in braille with irregular bumps that to the uninformed would appear to be defects.• As the letter was in braille it was never broadcast.• The braille workshop in Gloucester prison is designed to rehabilitate inmates, as well as helping blind and partially sighted children.

Origin braille

(1800-1900) Louis Braille

Chinese

Corpus

BNC: 24666 COCA: 10185

braille

Specific writing systems: Arabic, braille, cuneiform...