breeze

1) Possibly extinguished, half-burned coal, from Old French ‘brese’ (OED).

1371 nul portur ... ne achate charbone ne chaux, ne nulle breez ou bleez ... sur peyne de forfeiture de mesmes le charbone chaux, York.

places York
dates 1371

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