Also 6 bramlin(e, 7 brambline, bramlin. [= Ger. brämling, prob. f. WGer. *brâma BRAMBLE + -LING.]
A bird (Fringilla montifringilla) belonging to the finch-tribe; the Mountain Finch.
1570. Levins, Manip., 133. A Bramlin, bird, montifringella.
1655. Moufet & Bennet, Health’s Improv. (1746), 188. Bramblings are a kind of small Birds, feeding chiefly upon Seeds.
1882. Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, IX. 504. The Brambling, or Cock of the North, was rather a rare winter visitor.
