English Explanatory Dictionary

brisling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sprat (small herring), especially Sprattus sprattus.

Word forms

brisling brislings

Etymology

From Norwegian brisling and Danish brisling, from Low German bretling, from bret (“broad”), from Middle Low German *brêd, from Old Saxon brēd.

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