Brank is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.
You can make 50 anagrams from letters in brank (abknr).
1500-50; (def 1) of uncertain origin; possibly related to German prangen “to adorn oneself, brag”; compare Middle High German brangen, brankieren; possibly 1550-1600; (def 2) of uncertain ori
The brank was put over the head, and was fastened with a padlock.
Kirkham had its brank for scolds, in addition to a ducking-stool.
At the north country town of Morpeth a brank is still preserved.
The year cannot be ascertained when this brank was first worn, but it is known to have been last used in 1846.
We are indebted to Mr. Alfred Burton for a drawing of the Macclesfield brank.
At Doddington Park, Lincolnshire, a brank is preserved, and is of a decidedly foreign appearance.
A second brank was kept in the prison, principally formed of leather, but with an iron tongue-piece.
No specimens of the "brank" are known to exist in Ireland or Wales.
Towards the close of the first quarter of the present century, the brank was last used at Altrincham.
The Rector of Whitchurch has in his possession a brank, which was formerly used by the town and union authorities.