Usually means: Device historically used for punishment.
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  1. brank: Merriam-Webster
  2. brank: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. brank: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Brank, brank: Wordnik
  5. brank: Wiktionary
  6. brank: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. Brank, brank: Dictionary.com
  8. Brank: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Brank: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. brank: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Brank: Rhymezone
  12. Brank: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. brank: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  14. Brank: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  15. brank: FreeDictionary.org
  16. brank: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  17. brank: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. brank: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. Brank: Urban Dictionary

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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