Etymology

birt

B3I1R1T1

Today it means: A fish of the turbot kind; the brill. Full definition →

Middle English byrte
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombyrte
  2. English todaybirt

From Middle English byrte; compare French bertonneau and English bret, burt.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.