Etymology

brambling

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Today it means: A finch of species Fringilla montifringilla, of northern Eurasia, the male having a black head in summer and an orange breast with white belly and a long white rump. Full definition →

Middle English bramline
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brambling · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited frombramline
  2. English todaybrambling

From Middle English bramline, equivalent to bramble + -ling.

brambling · verb2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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