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Definition of Brisling
1. Noun. Small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines.
2. Noun. Small herring processed like a sardine.
Group relationships: Clupea, Genus Clupea
Generic synonyms: Sardine
Terms within: Sprat
Definition of Brisling
1. Noun. A sprat (small herring) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Brisling
1. a small herring [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Brisling
Literary usage of Brisling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Bibliography of Fishes by Bashford Dean, Charles Rochester Eastman, Eugene Willis Gudger, Arthur Wilbur Henn, American Museum of Natural History (1917)
"... og brisling fisket. Indberetning til departementet for det Indre [On ...
and brisling fisheries. Report of the Department of the Interior] Christiania, ..."
2. The History of the Parish of Bitton, in the County of Gloucester by Henry Thomas Ellacombe (1881)
"&c., and the manor of brisling- ton. Inquisition pm dated 1007. Held Hanham as
free tenant. her ... brisling- I on a tomb ob. ton passed to Langston. ..."
3. Treasury Decisions Under Customs and Other Laws by Dept. of the Treasury, United States Dept. of the Treasury, United States, United States Customs Court, Customs Court (1913)
"In reply, I have to advise you that it appears from an investigation of this
matter that anchovies, sardines, and brisling are not in fact herring; ..."
4. Monthly Consular and Trade Reports by United States Bureau of Manufactures (1885)
"Cod-liver oil J 'I9.SS8 -1 Tear ending December 31. brisling (sprat) ... Codfish,
dried and salted 17900 44 brisling (sprat) salted 944 Яг Ancho vies (W6 S> ..."
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