brandling

American  

[brand-ling] / ˈbrænd lɪŋ /

noun

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

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brandling British  

/ ˈbrændlɪŋ /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of brandling

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

Example Sentences

But for the Trout, the dew-worm, which some also call the lob-worm, and the brandling, are the chief; and especially the first for a great Trout, and the latter for a less.

From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak

And note, that when the knot, which is near to the middle of the brandling, begins to swell, then he is sick; and, if he be not well looked to, is near dying.

From The Compleat Angler by Walton, Izaak

At a brandling once Gudgeon would gape, But they seem upon different terms now; Have they taken advice Of the "Council of Nice," And rejected their "Diet of Worms," now?

From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Hood, Thomas

The warden extended his hand containing the provision with which the commonwealth of Kentucky invited this human brandling to rehabilitate his life.

From The Code of the Mountains by Buck, Charles Neville

A species of brandling faintly barred on both sides.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir