Bream (Verb)
Meaning
Clean (a ship's bottom) with heat.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- Steam hoses were used to help bream the hull of the old ship, which had become encrusted with years' worth of barnacles and seaweed.
- A team of experts were hired to bream the ocean liner and remove the buildup of marine life on its bottom surfaces.
- To bream a ship's bottom properly, work crews typically applied an intense stream of hot air or water, loosening these tightly adhering marine organisms.
- Time and effort spent to bream the huge freighter contributed to its greatly reduced friction resistance while in motion.
- Regular use of specialized torches enabled the ship's crew to effectively bream its hull whenever the cargo load allowed for a prolonged layover.