brinie
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English brinie, whence also (by metathesis) byrnie.
Noun
[edit]brinie (plural brinies)
- (obsolete) A coat of mail.
- 1867, George Stephens, Sven Söderberg, “The” Old-northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England, page 186:
- 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.