n. [ OE. brembil, AS. brēmel, brēmbel, br&aemacr_;mbel (akin to OHG. brāmal), fr. the same root as E. broom, As. brōm. See Broom. ]
The thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Bot.) The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together. [ 1913 Webster ]
He jumped into a bramble bush
And scratched out both his eyes. Mother Goose. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Overgrown with brambles. [ 1913 Webster ]
Forlorn she sits upon the brambled floor. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]
A net to catch birds. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. bramline. See Bramble, n. ] (Zool.) The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also
a. Pertaining to, resembling, or full of, brambles. “In brambly wildernesses.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]