/breuh zear"/ , n.
a woman's undergarment for supporting the breasts.
Also, brassière . Also called bra .
[ 1910-15; brassière bodice worn as an undergarment to support the breasts (now obs. in this sense), MF bracieres camisole, OF: armor for the arms, equiv. to bras arm (see BRACE) + -ière, suffix added to body part nouns, the resultant deriv. denoting an article for that part -aria -ARY ]