/bram"beuhl/ , n. , v. , brambled, brambling .
n.
1. any prickly shrub belonging to the genus Rubus, of the rose family.
2. Brit. the common blackberry.
3. any rough, prickly shrub, as the dog rose.
v.i.
4. Brit. to look for and gather wild blackberries; pick blackberries from the vine.
[ bef. 1000; ME; OE braembel, var. of braemel, equiv. to braem- (c. D braam BROOM) + -el n. suffix ]