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the projecting edge around the bottom of a hat:

帽子のつば

e.g. a soft hat with a turned-up brim.

the upper edge or lip of a cup, bowl, or other container:

(容器などの)縁, へり(→ rim)

e.g. tankards frothing to the brim.

verb (brims, brimming, brimmed) (often as adjective brimming)

fill or be full to the point of overflowing:

〈容器などが〉 «…で» いっぱいになる［である］

e.g. no object : a brimming cup

e.g. with object : seawater brimmed the riverbanks.

fill something so completely as almost to spill out of it:

e.g. large tears brimmed in her eyes.

be possessed by or full of feelings or thoughts:

〈人が〉 【感情などで】あふれる(over) «with»

e.g. he is brimming with ideas.

brimless |ˈbrimləs| adjective

brimmed |brimd| adjective

in combination : a wide-brimmed hat

Middle English (denoting the edge of the sea or other body of water): perhaps related to German Bräme ‘trimming’.