Braze
/breɪz/noun
To join metal pieces by melting a filler metal between them without melting the pieces themselves.
Did you know?The verb ultimately developed from the word for brass, because early brazing commonly used brass-like copper alloys as the joining material.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
Old English
bræs
“Brass or bronze; a copper-based metal”
Middle English
Middle English
bras
“Brass or bronze”
13th–14th Century
Middle English
brasen
“To cover or work with brass; later, to join with a metallic alloy”
14th Century
Anglo-French
braser
“To solder or join metal using heat”
15th Century
English
brase
“To join metal by heating and applying a metallic filler”
Modern English
English
braze
“To join metals using a melted filler alloy”