brack

(Goth. braka. AngSax. bracan to break.) A breach, a broken part.--Johnson.

Mr. Pickering says, "This old English word is still used in some parts of New England, where it is applied to a break or flaw in a piece of cloth." It is to be found in old authors and is still provincial in England.

Let not a brack i' th' stuff, or here and there

The fading gloss, a general loss appear.--Beaumont and Fletcher.