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Definition of Brierwood
1. Noun. Wood from the hard woody root of the briar Erica arborea; used to make tobacco pipes.
Definition of Brierwood
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brierwood
Literary usage of Brierwood
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Worthies of Buckinghamshire and Men of Note of that County by Robert Gibbs (1888)
"The brierwood family were the occupiers of Place House, Horton. Robert brierwood,
who was of Chester, was eminent in his day, having served the office of ..."
2. Belgravia by Mary Elizabeth Braddon (1872)
"I begin to think Weston was right, and that some association with your stay at
brierwood Farm made this visit painful to you!' The dark stern face flushed, ..."
3. The Cheshire Sheaf edited by Francis Sanders, William Ferguson Irvine, J. Brownbill (1896)
"He was son of John brierwood, sheriff of this city : which John was son of ...
John had a younger brother called Edward brierwood, the famous scholar of ..."
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