brasse

Perhaps a transposition of barse; but compare German Brasse the bream, and English bream.

brasse (plural brasses)

1. A spotted European freshwater fish Sander lucioperca, resembling a perch.

• (Sander lucioperca): zander

• BSAers, Brases, Sabers, barses, besras, sabers, sabres

From Latin (tēnsa) bracchia (“(outstretched) arms”).

• IPA^(key): /bʁas/

brasse f (plural brasses)

1. fathom (unit of measure)
2. (swimming) stroke
3. (swimming) breaststroke

   le 100 mètres à la brasse — 100 metre breaststroke (event)

• toise

• “brasse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• brases, sabres