Except for the dripping brambles immediately outside I could soon see absolutely nothing; beyond that it was like staring into a blanket.

breña, f., bramble, brambles, thicket.

The green ferns shrouded the walls of the hole, and ruddy brown brambles overgrew the steps, till all was lost in the gloom that hung at the bottom of the pit.

"Ah! my | heart is | ever | waiting, Waiting | for the | May, Waiting | for the | pleasant | rambles Where the | fragrant | hawthorn | brambles, With the | woodbine | alter | -nating, Scent the | dewy | way.

Here again he silenced the protests of his men at the thick underbrush and the frequent brambles they encountered.

"Ah! my | heart is | ever | waiting, Waiting | for the | May, Waiting | for the | pleasant | rambles Where the | fragrant | hawthorn | brambles, With the | woodbine | alter | -nating, Scent the | dewy | way.

The first eight miles lay through a broad valley, covered with thick brambles and young trees, and surrounded with lofty mountains.

Passing along an English hedgerow the other day, and seeing it still covered with withered blackberries, I compared them with the bare brambles which I saw in Germany from which all berries have gone to help the great jam-making business which is to eke out the gradually decreasing butter and margarine supply.

Long grass and thorny brambles grew on either side of the road and as it was the dry season every movement of his made a crackling and rustling; and often he fancied he heard an animal in pursuit of him, or he would imagine he was about to meet one coming through the jungle towards him.