brank
brank is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Jamieson.
- 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.
- 3.To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
- 4.To prance; to caper. [Scot.] Jamieson.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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- What is a sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Jamieson called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is to hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] called?
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- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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