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名詞

brishings pl (複数形 only)

1. (Britain, dialect) hedge trimmings
   • (Can we date this quote by Rudyard Kipling かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?), The Floods (in A Diversity of Creatures)

     The first wood down is sere and small, / From the hills, the brishings off the hills; / And then come by the bats and all / We cut last year in the hills; […]

   • (Can we date this quote by Vita Sackville-West かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?), The Garden

     The fire our friend, that symbol since the cave, / Which on a wintry morning, still half dark, / In roadside fireside when our days are stark / But bonfire brishings of the hedges spark / Touches our childish heart, and makes us brave.