Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A place where briers grow.
  • Full of briers; rough; thorny. Also briary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Full of briers; thorny.
  • noun A place where briers grow.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Alternative spelling of briary.
  • noun A place where briars grow.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.

Etymologies

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brier +‎ -y

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