Braille
noun
1 Braille
French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852).
synonym: Louis Braille.
2 braille
A point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals.
Dutch: braille
Polish: alfabet brajlowski, alfabet Braille'a, brajl
Roget 442: blindness, cecity†, excecation†, amaurosis†, cataract, ablepsy†, ablepsia†, prestriction†; dim-sightedness etc. 443; Braille, Braille-type; guttaserena ... show more
verb
1 braille
Transcribe in braille.
Moby thesaurus: Boston type, New York point, Optacon, Pathsounder, Seeing Eye dog, Visotoner, cane, embosser, guide dog, high-speed embosser, line letter, noctograph, optophone, personal sonar, sensory aid, sight-saver type, string alphabet, talking book, ultrasonic spectacles, visagraph ... show more.
debug info: 0.0201