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.
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}]