BRIARE, a town of France, in the department of Loir-et-Cher, seated on the river Loire. It is remarkable for nothing but a long street full of inns and farriers, it being on the great road to Lyons; and the canal of Briare, which is 33 miles in length, and maintains a communication between the Loire and the Seine. E. Long. 2. 45. N. Lat. 47. 40.