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Definition of Balbriggan
1. Noun. A cotton knit fabric used for underwear.
Definition of Balbriggan
1. Noun. An unbleached, knitted, cotton fabric mostly used for underwear. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Balbriggan
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Balbriggan
Literary usage of Balbriggan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ...by William Cobbett, David Jardine by William Cobbett, David Jardine (1820)
"Where do you liv« Í—In balbriggan. You came willingly ? ... During the time of
his stay in balbriggan. Why, you knew the prisoner? ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"balbriggan, a market-town and seaport of Co. Dublin, Ireland, in the north
parliamentary ... balbriggan is much frequented as a watering-place in summer. ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Geological Society of Ireland by Royal Geological Society of Ireland (1860)
"... THE SEA-SHOEE ^ BETWEEN balbriggan AND EUSH. THE first object of geological
importance occurring near the pier of Bal- briggan is a greenstone quarry, ..."
4. The History of the County of Dublin by John D'Alton (1838)
"A short distance from balbriggan is BREMORE, which had been the manorial seat of
a branch of the Barnewall family from the commencement of ..."
5. A Hand Book for Travellers in Ireland: Descriptive of Its Scenery, Towns by James Fraser (1844)
"... demesnes of Ardgillan Castle and Hampton, noticed in connexion with balbriggan,
No. 181. No. 209 DUBLIN TO RUSH. 16f MILES. ..."
6. The History of Drogheda: With Its Environs, and an Introductory Memoir of by John D'Alton (1844)
"At balbriggan, the railway is carried over the inner harbour, by a truly splendid
viaduct of eleven arches, each thirty-five feet high above the ground, ..."
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