Meanings
nounbrinie (plural brinies)
plural brinies
- obsoleteA coat of mail.
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.
1867, George Stephens, Sven Söderberg, “The” Old-northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England, page 186
Origin
- Middle Englishbrinie
- Englishbrinie
From Middle English brinie, whence also (by metathesis) byrnie.
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