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Complete Definition of "branks"

English
Etymology
Origin uncertain; perhaps related to German Pranger, Dutch prang#Dutch|prang.

Pronunciation
IPA|/bræ�ks/

Noun
branks plural

  1. a punishment device, especially for scolding women, consisting of a cage to enclose the head, with a metal gag for the mouth

#:*1836: Plot, in his History of Staffordshire, describes the branks used at Newcastle-under-Lyme, and at Walsall, in the reign of James II. � The Gentleman's Magazine, July 1836 p.98

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