brisling (redirected from brislings)

bris·ling  (brzlng, brs-)

n.

See sprat.

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[Norwegian, alteration (influenced by Norwegian brisa, to flash) of Low German bretling, from bret, broad.]

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brisling [ˈbrɪslɪŋ]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for a sprat esp a Norwegian sprat seasoned, smoked, and canned in oil

[from Norwegian; related to obsolete Danish bretling, German Breitling]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	brisling - small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines sprat Clupea sprattus, sprat, brisling - small herring processed like a sardine herring - valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled
	2.	brisling - small herring processed like a sardine Clupea sprattus, sprat Clupea, genus Clupea - type genus of the Clupeidae: typical herrings sardine - any of various small edible herring or related food fishes frequently canned brisling, sprat - small fatty European fish; usually smoked or canned like sardines

Translations

brisling [ˈbrɪzlɪŋ] N → espadín m (noruego)

brisling

n → Brisling m, → Sprotte f