Definition of brank Brank
/bɹæˈŋk/ - [brangk] -
We found 11 definitions of brank from 3 different sources.
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What does brank mean?
Wiktionary 
- brank (Noun)
A metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue. - brank (Noun)
A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. - brank (Verb)
To put someone in the branks. - brank (Verb)
To hold up and toss the head; applied to horses as spurning the bit. - brank (Verb)
To prance; to caper.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- brank (n.)
Buckwheat. - brank (n.)
Alt. of Branks - brank (v. i.)
To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit. - brank (v. i.)
To prance; to caper.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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brank
brangk, n. buckwheat. [Prob. Celt.; cf. L. brance, a Gallic name of a white kind of corn.] -
brank
brangk, v.i. to prance, toss the head: to strut or swagger.—adj. Brank′y (Scot.), showy. [Prob. a variant of Prank.]
