[ adj ] having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. <adj.all> a horse with a short bristly manebristly shrubs burred fruits setaceous whiskers
Briery \Bri"er*y\, a. Full of briers; thorny.
Briery \Bri"er*y\, n. A place where briers grow. --Huloet.