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brickle

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Brickle \Bric"kle\, a. [OE. brekil, brokel, bruchel, fr. AS.
   brecan, E. break. Cf. {Brittle}.]
   Brittle; easily broken. [Obs. or Prov.] --Spenser.

         As stubborn steel excels the brickle glass.
                                                  --Turbervile.

Source : WordNet®

brickle
     adj : having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured
           or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle";
           "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal" [syn: {brittle},
            {brickly}]
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