Middle English Dictionary Entry
brusk adj.
Entry Info
Forms | brusk adj. Also brosk. |
Etymology | From ML; cp. Ital. brusco. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of wine: harsh-tasting.
Associated quotations
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)74/12 : Þe sixte partie of wiyn agrestis þat is smal brusk [Add: broske] wiyn.