From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Plants, Tobaccobriarbri‧ar, brier /ˈbraɪə $ -ər/ noun1[countable, uncountable]HBP a wildbush with branches that have small sharp points2[countable]DFT a tobaccopipe made from briarExamples from the Corpusbriar• Feel briar and thornsnagheel and heart and soul, but never think that hiding is the end of it.• Hedgerowbriars are best left for walking sticks.• The woods are a tangle of briars, fallen trees, and brush.• Copses of beech and alder appeared, straggling along the banks with their roots lost in a tangle of briars and bracken.• He was working in a thicket of briar, elder and dead wood from a fallen tree.• Over the years, a pricklybriarhedge grew up along the castle, which no one could penetrate.• When he approached the briar hedge, it melted away and be-came a floweringpath.Originbriar1. Old English brer2. (1800-1900)briar type of heather ((19-20 centuries)), from Frenchbruyère