brierwood

or bri·ar·wood

[ brahy-er-wood ]

noun

1. brierroot.

Word History and Origins

Origin of brierwood¹

First recorded in 1865–70; brier ² + wood ¹

Example Sentences

Supplying ourselves with the primal necessities of stout sticks and brierwood pipes we set out.

From Project Gutenberg

This individual wore a check suit of the latest London cut, big broad-soled Piccadilly shoes, and smoked a brierwood pipe which he constantly filled from a rubber pouch carried in his waistcoat pocket.

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Out shot the brierwood like a projectile, and a giant finger wagged at the intruder.

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They received the congratulations of their comrades on their escape, and someone fished out all the consolation that the regiment could offer a couple of brierwood pipes filled with fragrant kinnikinnick.

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Just as he expected, Hatton was standing in front of the open fireplace puffing furiously at a chunky little brierwood pipe.

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