English Explanatory Dictionary

Brindley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village and civil parish in Cheshire East district, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ592534).
  2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Word forms

Brindley Brindleys Brinley

Etymology

From Old English berned (“burnt”) + lēah (“woodland, glade, clearing”). Equivalent to burnt + -ley (“lea”).

Derived words

Brindley Heath
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on B Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary