braille

Etymology

Borrowed from French braille, named after French educator Louis Braille (1809–1852). The /eɪl/ seems to reflect a spelling-pronunciation; French has /aj/ instead.

noun

1. A system of writing in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips.
   Another difficulty which causes literature in braille to remain scarce is the cumbersomeness of the process of producing braille books. 1963, S. C. Ashcroft, Freda Henderson, Programmed Instruction in Braille, Stanwix House, page 6

verb

1. To write in, or convert into, the braille writing system.
   I played back my recorded notes and brailled them.
   the sponsorship statement on respondent's brailled volumes … He admittedly had no knowledge of just how respondent's book … came to be brailled 1967, Carlton Fredericks, Federal Trade Commission Decisions, volume 71, page 237
2. (informal, by extension) to identify something by touch.

adj

1. Of, relating to or written in braille.