brinie

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Middle English brinie, whence also (by metathesis) byrnie.

Noun[edit]

brinie (plural brinies)

  1. (obsolete) A coat of mail.
    • 1867, George Stephens, Sven Söderberg, “The” Old-northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England, page 186:
      In one of these mail-shirts, which is made of very delicate iron rings, each of them is riveted with a small nub of bronze, which must have given the brinie a very elegant appearance.
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