Brine; a solution of salt and water, sometimes impregnated with spices, in which flesh, fish or other substance is preserved; as pickle for beef; pickle for capers or for cucumbers; pickle for herring.

1. A thing preserved in pickle.

2. A state of condition of difficulty or disorder; a word used in ridicule or contempt. You are in a fine pickle.

How cam'st thou in this pickle?

3. A parcel of land inclosed with a hedge. [Local.]