a circle of the province of South Brabant, in the Netherlands, comprehending six cantons, divided into 115 communes, and containing 87,480 inhabitants. The chief place is the city of the same name situated on the river Thiemme. It contains 750 houses, and 7000 inhabitants, whose chief employment consists in making lace, cambrics, and other linen goods, and in growing hemp, flax, and hops, in the surrounding fields. Long. 4. 10. E. Lat. 50. 35. N.