n. (pl. same)
1 a yellowish arch-backed freshwater fish, Abramis brama.
2 (in full sea bream) a similarly shaped marine fish of the family Sparidae.
Etymology: ME f. OF bre(s)me f. WG
2.
v.tr. Naut. hist. clean (a ship's bottom) by burning and scraping.
Etymology: prob. f. LG: rel. to BROOM
Useful english dictionary. 2012.