brickle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped
    brittle; brickly.
    • brittle bones
    • glass is brittle
    • `brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal

WordNet

Bric"kle adjective
Etymology
OE. brekil, brokel, bruchel, fr. AS. brecan, E. break. Cf. Brittle.
Definitions
  1. Brittle; easily broken. Obs. or Prov. Spenser.
    As stubborn steel excels the brickle glass. Turbervile.

Webster 1913