From Middle English brembel, from Old English bræmbel, from earlier brǣmel, brēmel, from dialectal Proto-West Germanic *brāmil, diminutive of *brām (English broom).

• IPA: /ˈbɹæm.bəl/
  • (/æ/ raising) IPA: [ˈbɹɛəm.bəl], [ˈbɹɛəm.bl̩]

bramble (plural brambles)

1. Any of many closely related thorny plants in the genus Rubus including the blackberry and likely not including the raspberry proper.
   • 2016, Ann Burnett, Take a Leaf Out of My Book, page 37:

     Jeanette is making bramble jelly. She is trying to listen to the Morning Story on Radio 4 while she goes about her task. Jeanette's brow is furrowed as she weighs the deep purple fruit and tips the berries into the heavy jelly pan […]

2. Any thorny shrub.
3. A cocktail of gin, lemon juice, and blackberry liqueur.
4. (chiefly, Scotland) The soft fruit borne by the species Rubus fruticosus formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.

   Synonyms: blackberry, brambleberry

bramble (brambles, present participle brambling; simple past and past participle brambled)

1. To pick or collect blackberries from brambles.

1. Surname.