Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Brank

A gag for scolds. (Dutch, prang, a fetter; German, pranger, Gælic, brancas, a kind of pillory.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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