brisling
(ˈbrɪslɪŋ, ˈbrɪz-)
Also bristling.
[Norw., Da. brisling sprat.]
A small, sardine-like fish of the herring family, which is widely distributed in the north-east Atlantic and the North Sea, and is cured and tinned for use as food.
| 1902 Webster Add., Bristlings. 1913 Times (Weekly ed.) 14 Nov., ‘Skipper Sardines’ were bristling, or sprats. 1915 Law Rep. K. B. Div. III. 742 The brisling is the nearest approach to the sardine which the Norwegian seas provide. 1926 Spectator 2 Jan. 11/2 If the brisling fisheries fail the Stavanger Theatre shows a loss. 1969 A. Wheeler Fishes Brit. Isles & N.-W. Europe 132 In Norway..the resultant sprats, seasoned and canned in oil, are sold as ‘brislings’. |