BRANK

Etymology 1

Compare Gaelic brangus, brangas, a sort of pillory, Irish brancas, halter, or Dutch pranger, fetter.

Noun

brank (plural branks)

(usually, in the plural) A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue

(obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect, usually, in the plural) A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.

Verb

brank (third-person singular simple present branks, present participle branking, simple past and past participle branked)

To put someone in the branks

(UK, Scotland, dialect) To hold up and toss the head; applied to horses as spurning the bit.

(Scotland) To prance; to caper.

Etymology 2

Noun

brank (uncountable)

(UK, dialect) buckwheat

Anagrams

• Bankr., bankr.

Source: Wiktionary

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Brank, n. Etym: [Prov. of Celtic origin; cf. L. brance, brace, the Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn.]

Definition: Buckwheat. [Local, Eng.] Halliwell.

Brank, Branks, n. Etym: [Cf. Gael. brangus, brangas, a sort of pillory, Ir. brancas halter, or D. pranger fetter.]

1. A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Jamieson.

2. A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.

Brank, v. i.

1. To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

2. To prance; to caper. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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