Middle English Dictionary Entry
brēminge ger.
Entry Info
| Forms | brēminge ger. |
| Etymology | Akin to ME brẹ̄mel , brembel, braimbel bramble (OE ǣ beside ē) and brọ̄m; cp. MnE bream v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The process of cleaning a ship's bottom with burning broom or reeds; also, material so used [first quot.].
Associated quotations
- (1353) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 32 Edw.III m.36 [OD col.] : In..towe, bremynge, et stramine emptis.
- (1356) *Pipe Roll (PRO) 32 Edw.III m.33/2 [OD col.] : xlv fassibus straminis..pro reparacione et bremynge earundum nauium.
- 1407 *Acc.Exch.K.R.44/11(1).m.2 [OD col.] : In C arundinum empta..pro bremynge dicte nauis.
- 1409 *Acc.Exch.K.R.3.m.3 [OD col.] : In arundine empt[o] de Alicia, mattemaker, et in bremyng bargie predicte expend[ito].