briery
- s having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.
- His drawling, "God-gifted" voice has been variously described as "warty," "briery," "wood-raspy," and even "like a shoebox full of bullfrogs.
- The empire was briery threatened last spring when a Corsican hood named Michel Defendin loudly announced his intention of "conquering the Place Pigalle.
- The costly and briery successful attack is about the only military action in the book.