brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose
(noun) small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose
(noun) small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Brant
A surname.
A town in New York
An unincorporated community in Wisconsin
A county of Canada
brant (plural brants or brant)
(North American) Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.
brant (comparative more brant, superlative most brant)
(dialectal) Steep, precipitous.
(Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled
Source: Wiktionary
Brant, n. Etym: [Cf.Brand goose, Brent, Brenicle.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species.
Brant, a. Etym: [See Brent.]
Definition: Steep. [Prov. Eng.]
Brent, Brant, a. Etym: [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.]
1. Steep; high. [Obs.] Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. Ascham.
2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.] Your bonnie brow was brent. Burns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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