brambling

American  

[bram-bling] / ˈbræm blɪŋ /

noun

1. an Old World finch, Fringilla montifringilla, the male of which is black and white with a reddish-brown breast.

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brambling British  

/ ˈbræmblɪŋ /

noun

1. a Eurasian finch, Fringilla montifringilla , with a speckled head and back and, in the male, a reddish brown breast and darker wings and tail

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Etymology

Origin of brambling

1560–70; earlier bramlin ( bram- (variant of broom ) + -lin -ling ¹ ); akin to German Brämling

Example Sentences

Your account of the greater brambling, or snow-fleck, is very amusing; and strange it is that such a short-winged bird should delight in such perilous voyages over the northern ocean!

From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert

Your account of the greater brambling, or snow-fleck, is very amusing; and strange it is that such a short-winged bird should delight in such perilous voyages over the northern ocean. 

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Morley, Henry