briery Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
    barbed; burry; briary; bristly; setaceous; thorny; barbellate; prickly; spiny; burred; setose; bristled.
    • a horse with a short bristly mane
    • bristly shrubs
    • burred fruits
    • setaceous whiskers

WordNet


Bri"er*y adjective
Definitions
  1. Full of briers; thorny.
Bri"er*y noun
Definitions
  1. A place where briers grow. Huloet.

Webster 1913