Bramble

n. [A-S. brēmbel, brēmber, brēmel, O. H. Ger. brāmal, brāma, f., and brāmō, m., N. H. Ger. brōme, D. braam, brammel, L. Ger. brummel-beere, N. H. Ger. brom-beere, Dan. bram-bār, brom-bār, Sw. brom-bār.] (Bot.) One of several different species of the genus Rubus, including the raspberry and blackberry; hence, any rough, prickly shrub. London.

n. [O. Eng. bramline. See supra.] (Ornith.) A bird,