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Definition brank

Etymology 1

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

Noun

brank (plural branks)

1. (usually in the plural) A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue
2. (obsolete, Britain, Scotland, dialectal, 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)

1. To put someone in the branks
2. (Britain, Scotland, dialectal) To hold up and toss the head; applied to horses as spurning the bit.
3. (Scotland) To prance; to caper.

Etymology 2

Probably of Celtic origin; compare Latin brance, brace, the Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn.

Noun

brank (uncountable)

1. (Britain, dialectal) buckwheat

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