brislingn.
/ˈbrɪslɪŋ//ˈbrɪzlɪŋ/ A small, sardine-like fish of the herring family, which is widely distributed in the north-east Atlantic and the North Sea, and is cured and tinned for use as food.
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1902 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Add. Bristlings.
1913 Times (Weekly ed.) 14 Nov. ‘Skipper Sardines’ were bristling, or sprats.
1915 Law Rep.: King's Bench Div. 3 742 The brisling is the nearest approach to the sardine which the Norwegian seas provide.
1926 Spectator 2 Jan. 11/2 If the brisling fisheries fail the Stavanger Theatre shows a loss.
1969 A. Wheeler Fishes Brit. Isles & N.-W. Europe 132 In Norway..the resultant sprats, seasoned and canned in oil, are sold as ‘brislings’.
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