Found 1 items, similar to Brank.
English → English (gcide) Definition: Brank Brank \Brank\, n. [Prov. of Celtic origin; cf. L. brance, brace, the Gallic name of a particularly white kind of corn.] Buckwheat. [Local, Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster] Brank \Brank\, Branks \Branks\, n. [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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Brank \Brank\, v. i. 1. To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] 2. To prance; to caper. [Scot.] --Jamieson. [1913 Webster]