A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.
Brank
v. i.
To hold up and toss the head; -- applied to horses as spurning the bit. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]