1. a thorny shrub, especially a wild rose bush
2. a dense patch of thorny shrubs
3. a tobacco pipe made from the root of a heath tree

Examples

• The hiker’s pants were torn by the sharp brier along the trail.
• Wild roses grew in a thick brier behind the old barn.
• She carefully picked blackberries from the brier patch.
• The rabbit disappeared into the dense brier.
• He smoked his favorite tobacco in an old brier pipe.
• The brier caught on her sleeve as she walked through the woods.
• Thorns from the brier left scratches on his arms.