brank (suomeksi)

Määritelmät:

(lb, en, usually, in the plural) A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue
(lb, en, obsolete, UK, Scotland, dialect, usually, in the plural) A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.
To put someone in the branks
(lb, en, UK, Scotland, dialect) To hold up and toss the head; applied to horses as spurning the bit.
(lb, en, Scotland) To prance; to caper.
(lb, en, UK, dialect) buckwheat