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brishings

brishings noun: hedge trimmings.

Noun

brishings pl (plural only)

  1. (UK, dialectal, plural, plural-only) hedge trimmings
    • The first wood down is sere and small, / From the hills, the brishings off the hills; / And then come by the bats and all / We cut last year in the hills; […]1917, Rudyard Kipling, “The Floods”, in A Diversity of Creatures
    • The fire our friend, that symbol since the cave, / Which on a wintry morning, still half dark, / In roadside fireside when our days are stark / But bonfire brishings of the hedges spark / Touches our childish heart, and makes us brave.1946, Vita Sackville-West, The Garden

Questions about brishings

What does brishings mean?
Brishings means hedge trimmings.
What part of speech is brishings?
Brishings is a noun.

Words near brishings in the dictionary

  1. Briseno
  2. Brisenos
  3. brises
  4. brises-bises
  5. Briseus
  6. brishings
  7. brisingid
  8. brisk
  9. brisk up
  10. brisked
  11. brisked up

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