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brills

brills is the plural of brill.

Noun

brills pl (plural only)

  1. (dialectal, plural, plural-only) Spectacles (glasses), especially double-jointed ones.
  2. (plural, plural-only) The hair on the eyelids of a horse.
    • PARTS OF A HORSE’S BODY. […] 6. The brills, which is the hair on the eyelids.1820, William Carver, Practical Horse Farrier: Or, The Traveller's Pocket Companion, page 233
    • Let waving locks adown his foretop fly,
      And brills embrown’d should edge his broad bright eye ;1830, Thomas Brown, editor, Biographical Sketches and Authentic Anecdotes of Horses, The Sportsman’s Choice, page 308

Meaning of brill

Noun

brill (plural brills or brill)

  1. A type of flatfish, Scophthalmus rhombus.

See all 6 meanings of brill

Origin of brills

Compare Dutch bril, German Brille (“spectacles”).

Phrases with brills

Questions about brills

What does brills mean?
Brills means spectacles (glasses), especially double-jointed ones.
What is brills the plural of?
Brills is the plural of brill.
What part of speech is brills?
Brills is a noun.

Words near brills in the dictionary

  1. Brillouin
  2. Brillouin function
  3. Brillouin functions
  4. Brillouin zone
  5. Brillouin zones
  6. brills
  7. brils
  8. Brilyn
  9. brim
  10. brim over
  11. Brimacombe

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