branks

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A punishment device, especially for scolding women, consisting of a cage to enclose the head, with a metal gag for the mouth; a scold's bridle. historical
    — Plot, in his History of Staffordshire, describes the branks used at Newcastle-under-Lyme, and at Walsall, in the reign of James II.

词形变化

branks plural

词源

Origins: First recorded in Scotland in 1567.
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