Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Briery \Bri"er*y\, a.
   Full of briers; thorny.

Briery \Bri"er*y\, n.
   A place where briers grow. --Huloet.

Source : WordNet®

briery
     adj : having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines
           or thorns or setae etc.; "a horse with a short bristly
           mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"; "setaceous
           whiskers" [syn: {barbed}, {barbellate}, {briary}, {bristled},
            {bristly}, {burred}, {burry}, {prickly}, {setose}, {setaceous},
            {spiny}, {thorny}]