bresney
bresney noun: a dried branch or twig collected in the woods and used for firewood.
Noun
bresney (plural bresneys)
- a dried branch or twig collected in the woods and used for firewood
- a bundle of dried branches or twigs transported on the back
- Tom made no bones about letting him off; and as soon as he got the club in his hands, he sat down on the bresna, and gave it a tap with the kippeen, (...)2022, “The lad with the goat-skin”, in J. K. Jackson, editor, Irish Folk & Fairy Tales: Fables, Folklore & Ancient Stories (Flame Tree Collector's Editions), Flame Tree Collections, →ISBN, page 121
- bresney (or breshney): A dried branch or twig collected in the woods and used for firewood; or a bundle of these windfall branches and twigs tied together and transported on the back.2008, Willeen Keough, “Glossary”, in The slender thread : Irish women on the southern Avalon, 1750-1860, Columbia University Press, →ISBN
- a bundle of dried branches or twigs transported on the back
Forms of bresney
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Questions about bresney
- What does bresney mean?
- Bresney means a dried branch or twig collected in the woods and used for firewood.
- What part of speech is bresney?
- Bresney is a noun.
- What is the plural of bresney?
- The plural of bresney is bresneys.
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