brandling

[ brand-ling ]

noun

1. a small, reddish-brown earthworm, Eisenia foetida, having yellow markings, found chiefly in manure piles and used as bait.

brandling

/ ˈbrændlɪŋ /

noun

1. a small red earthworm, Eisenia foetida (or Helodrilus foetidus ), found in manure and used as bait by anglers

Word History and Origins

Origin of brandling¹

First recorded in 1645–55; brand + -ling ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of brandling¹

C17: from brand + -ling ¹

Example Sentences

One resident from nearby Brandling Park described the festival as "diabolical, three days of totally excessive noise", the Local Democracy Reporting Service said..

From BBC

Packed in with it are the diaries of Henry Brandling, which recount his journey to the Black Forest, the centre of German clock-making, to meet a master craftsman capable of building a mechanical duck that can eat and excrete.

From The Guardian

The book shifts to 1854 as Catherine uncovers 11 notebooks written by Henry Brandling, a wealthy Englishman with a desperately ill son.

From New York Times

While working on the project, Catherine discovers and reads from the diary of a wealthy, Victorian-era Englishman named Henry Brandling, who had the beguiling creation made for his sick son believing it might restore the son's vitality.

From Seattle Times

Brandling's story of his travels in Germany and commissioning the automaton from a mysterious German clockmaker are less compelling, but it adds texture to the plight of the novel's central character.

From Seattle Times