brashy

American  

[brash-ee] / ˈbræʃ i /

adjective

brashier, brashiest

1. brash.

2. Scot. and North England Dialect. showery.

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brashy British  

/ ˈbræʃɪ /

adjective

1. loosely fragmented; rubbishy

2. (of timber) brittle

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Other Word Forms

• brashiness noun

Etymology

Origin of brashy

First recorded in 1795–1805; brash + -y ¹

Example Sentences

The upper division of this series, which is more extensive than the preceding or Middle Oolite, is called in England the Cornbrash, as being a brashy, easily broken rock, good for corn land.

From The Student's Elements of Geology by Lyell, Charles, Sir

Bell isn’t done for, yet: She’s a tough customer—she’s always been A banging, bobberous bletherskite, has Bell— No fushenless, brashy, mim-mouthed mealy-face, Fratished and perished in the howl-o’-winter.

From Krindlesyke by Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson

The ice proved brashy, soft to each step, and the men slithered through the water up to the armpits as they carried the canoes.

From The "Adventurers of England" on Hudson Bay A Chronicle of the Fur Trade in the North (Volume 18 of the Chronicles of Canada) by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

On either side the cliffs rose higher, and the walls of Jurassic rock, above the brashy steeps, more towering, precipitous, and fantastic.

From Wanderings by southern waters, eastern Aquitaine by Barker, Edward Harrison

A great many fish on sea ice—mostly small, but a second species 5 or 6 inches long: imagine they are chased by seals and caught in brashy ice where they are unable to escape.

From Scott's Last Expedition Volume I by Scott, Robert Falcon