Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Branks.
Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Branks and, of course, Branks synonyms and on the right images related to the word Branks.
Branks
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.
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.
Brank
Brank Brank, v. i.
1. To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as
spurning the bit. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
2. To prance; to caper. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
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.
Brank
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.
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.
Meaning of Branks from wikipedia
- bridle,
sometimes called a witch's bridle, a gossip's bridle, a
brank's bridle, or
simply branks, was an
instrument of punishment, as a form of
public humiliation...
-
Ephraim McLean Brank (August 1, 1791 -
August 5, 1875) was a
Kentucky soldier in the War of 1812,
noted for his
exceptional marksmanship which pla****...
-
Stool of
repentance and
branks, Holy
Trinity Church, St. Andrews...
- or pond);
parading through the street;
being put in the scold's
bridle (
branks) or the stocks.
Selling bad
bread or bad ale was also
punished in these...
- The
Bronx (/
brɒŋks/ BRONKS) is the
northernmost of the five
boroughs of New York City,
coextensive with
Bronx County, in the U.S.
state of New York. It...
- or the use of a
device such as a Scold's
bridle (also
referred to as a
branks). A head
harness may
include a
blindfold and/or gag. The enca****t may...
- Reliquary, vols. i. and ii. (1860–1862) Cox,
James A. "Bilboes, Brands, and
Branks Archived 2019-08-10 at the
Wayback Machine:
Colonial Crimes and Punishments...
-
Tanya Moodie as
Gundabale Earthauler Robert Strange as Glûg
Zates Atour as
Brânk Arkie Reece as
Kilta Bridie Sisson as the
Dweller Stuart Bowman as Barduk...
-
statue was
dedicated in 2015 in
honor of the
local Soldier -
Ephraim McLean Brank - who, as
legend has it, was the "Kentucky rifleman" at the
Battle of New...
-
languages of the Andes.
Cambridge language surveys.
Cambridge University Press.
Branks, Judith; Sánchez, Juan Bautista. 1978. The
drama of life: A
study of life...
