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Webster 1913 Edition

Bramble

Bram′ble

(brăm′b’l)
,
Noun.
[OE.
brembil
, AS.
brēmel
,
brēmbel
,
brǣmbel
(akin to OHG.
brāmal
), fr. the same root as E.
broom
, As.
brōm
. See
Broom
.]
1.
(Bot.)
Any plant of the genus
Rubus
, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub.
The thorny
brambles
, and embracing bushes.
Shakespeare
2.
(Zool.)
The brambling or bramble finch.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bramble

BRAM'BLE

,
Noun.
The raspberry bush or blackberry bush; a general name of the genus rubus, of which there are several species. They are armed with prickles; hence in common language, any rough, prickly shrub.

Definition 2024

bramble

bramble

English

Noun

bramble ‎(plural brambles)

  1. (Britain) Common blackberry.
    • 1944, Miles Burton, chapter 5, in The Three Corpse Trick:
      The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common.
  2. (US) Any of several closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus, including blackberry and raspberry.
  3. Any thorny shrub.
  4. A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur.

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Etymology

Middle English brembel, from Old English bræmbel, from earlier brǣmel, brēmel, from dialectal Proto-Germanic *brēmila- (compare West Frisian brommel, Flemish bramel, Low German Brommelbeer), diminutive of *brēm- (compare English broom). More at broom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɹæmbəl/
  • Rhymes: -æmbəl

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