Obs. [16th c. Sp. broma, ‘a worme that eateth holes in ships’ (Percivall).] A ship-worm: ? the teredo.
1555. Eden, Decades W. Ind., III. VI. (Arb.), 164. Of the planckes wherof, if shyppes were made, they shoulde bee safe from the woormes of the sea whiche they caule Bromas.
1599. Hakluyt, Voy., II. II. 22. Their ships were also in many places eaten with the wormes called Bromas or Bissas, whereof mention is made in the Decades.
1831. W. Irving, Columbus (1849), III. 55. As their vessels were in danger of being destroyed by the broma or worms.
