bullbrier

[ bool-brahy-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; bull ¹ + brier ¹

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

It led straight to the bullbrier thicket where the old beech partridge roosted.

Years later I crossed the old pasture and went straight to the bullbrier tangle.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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