bullbrier

[ bool-brahy-er ]

noun

Origin of bullbrier

1
An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; bull1 + brier1

Words Nearby bullbrier

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How to use bullbrier in a sentence

  • One who walks in the woods at sunset sometimes hears it from a tangle of grapevine and bullbrier.

    Ways of Wood Folk | William J. Long
  • It led straight to the bullbrier thicket where the old beech partridge roosted.

    Secret of the Woods | William J. Long
  • Years later I crossed the old pasture and went straight to the bullbrier tangle.

    Secret of the Woods | William J. Long