Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Full of brambles: as, “brambly” wildernesses

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Pertaining to, resembling, or full of, brambles.

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  • adjective Covered in brambles

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  • adjective covered with brambles and ferns and other undergrowth

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Examples

  • It became even more interesting when people started to question the use of the term "brambly" in describing wine and labeled it "jargon."

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • A term like "brambly," is an example of wine dialect that may have the most meaning among wine writers of British descent who have tried to pick blackberries in hedgerows and found that the only ones the birds hadn't eaten already were under-ripe and a little woody in flavor.

    Archive 2008-01-01 2008

  • He motions across the brambly yard to the aqua-blue tank that looms like a spindly-legged giant or a flying saucer just readying for flight.

    The Angels and Jo-Jo Mason « A Fly in Amber 2009

  • Two decrepit beech trees still stand on the rim of the brambly circle on the hill above steep woods by Vernigo.

    Country diary: St Mellion, Tamar Valley 2011

  • Tuesday evening the fourth-floor "grand ballroom" fills with tweed and tie-dye, elbow patches and men's scarfery, lady berets and union patches and brambly ponytails.

    Election 2010: A walk on the mild side of victory (or defeat) parties Dan Zak 2010

  • The current releases of the Maison Shaps et Roucher-Sarrazin wines feature an effusive, brambly Pinot Noir de Bourgogne 2008 ($19) that should fly off retail shelves and be prominent on by-the-glass wine lists.

    Wine: Michael Shaps, a Virginia-Burgundy blend Dave McIntyre 2010

  • Or try the big, brambly Sainsbury's Taste The Difference Douro (£7.52; 14% abv) from the same range.

    Wine: We're not asking for much Fiona Beckett 2010

  • B was a bit dubious about climbing along the brambly paths to the top of the mound, but quite enjoyed running back down the side to the field below.

    Dental development nwhyte 2010

  • Just beyond the tree line, dozens of rusted barrels poke through brambly undergrowth.

    Appleseed Project teaches marksmanship and history, hopes to improve the country 2010

  • The first time I drove out of phoenix I was stunned by two things: the oppressive heat, and how quickly the city ended and the desert, with its saguaro cacti and brambly creosote, began.

    Mexican Standoff 2010

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