n.
Function: noun
Etymology: short for briar pipe, from briar wood of the European heath, from French bruyère heath, from Middle French bruiere, from Vulgar Latin *brucaria, from Late Latin brucus heather, of Celtic origin; akin to Old Irish froech heather; akin to Greek ereik ē heather
Date: 1882
: a tobacco pipe made from the root or stem of a European heath ( Erica arborea )