(n)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), Syn.Louis Braille
‖n. A system of printing or writing for the blind in which the characters and numerals are represented by patterns of raised tangible points or dots. It was invented by Louis Braille, a French teacher of the blind. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]