Obs. [a. Du. (and MDu.) brasem bream; = OS. bressemo, OHG. brahsema (MHG. brahsem, brasme, brahsen, Ger. brassen): BREAM.] A kind of fish; ? a sea-bream.
1731. Medley, Kolben’s Cape G. H., II. 196. There are two sorts of Brassems in the Cape Sea.
1772–84. Cook, Voy. (1790), I. 322. The brassem is found only about the cape. Of this fish there are two sorts.
