Briery

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Briery \Bri"er*y\, a.
     Full of briers; thorny.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Briery \Bri"er*y\, n.
     A place where briers grow. --Huloet.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  briery
       adj : having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
             or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly
             mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous
             whiskers" [syn: {barbed}, {barbellate}, {briary}, {bristled},
              {bristly}, {burred}, {burry}, {prickly}, {setose}, {setaceous},
              {spiny}, {thorny}]