Definitions from Wiktionary (brank)
▸ noun: (usually in the plural) A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue.
▸ noun: (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect, usually in the plural) A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.
▸ verb: To put someone in the branks.
▸ verb: (UK, Scotland, dialect) To hold up and toss the head; applied to horses as spurning the bit.
▸ verb: (Scotland) To prance; to caper.
▸ noun: (UK, dialect) Buckwheat.
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▸ noun: (usually in the plural) A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue.
▸ noun: (obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect, usually in the plural) A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.
▸ verb: To put someone in the branks.
▸ verb: (UK, Scotland, dialect) To hold up and toss the head; applied to horses as spurning the bit.
▸ verb: (Scotland) To prance; to caper.
▸ noun: (UK, dialect) Buckwheat.
Similar:
scold's bridle,
braffin,
brail,
bridle,
briddle,
brattishing,
brond,
bradoon,
throat brail,
rein,
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