brambling
(ˈbræmblɪŋ)
Also 6 bramlin(e, 7 brambline, bramlin.
[= Ger. brämling, prob. f. WGer. *brâma bramble + -ling.]
A bird (Fringilla montifringilla) belonging to the finch-tribe; the Mountain Finch.
| 1570 Levins Manip. 133 A Bramlin, bird, montifringella. 1655 Mouffet & Benn. Health's Improv. (1746) 188 Bramblings are a kind of small Birds, feeding chiefly upon Seeds. 1882 Proc. Berw. Nat. Club IX. 504 The Brambling, or Cock of the North, was rather a rare winter visitor. |