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- Scolds bridle - Wikipedia
A scold's bridle, sometimes called a witch's bridle, a gossip's bridle, a brank's bridle, or simply branks, [1] was an instrument of punishment, as a form of public humiliation [2] It was an iron muzzle in an iron framework that enclosed the head (although some bridles were masks that depicted suffering)
- Brânk | The One Wiki to Rule Them All | Fandom
Brânk was an Easterling Gaudrim of Rhûn in the Second Age At the behest of the mysterious dark wizard at Caras Gaer whom he served, Brânk tracked and attempted to capture The Stranger along with the Harfoots Nori Brandyfoot and Poppy Proudfellow His first attempt failed when the Stranger magically summoned a sandstorm, driving him and his compatriots away Brânk and his fellow Gaudrim
- BRANK Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of BRANK is prance, caper an instrument consisting of an iron frame surrounding the head and a sharp metal bit or gag entering the mouth formerly used to punish scolds
- The Branks: A Chilling Artifact of Medieval Torture - Knights Templar
Brank’s torture device, also known as the scold’s bridle, represents an unsettling chapter in the annals of crime and punishment in medieval Europe This gruesome instrument was not used to extract confessions or information; it was employed to punish and silence individuals, specifically women, accused of minor crimes and transgressions
- The Scolds Bridle: The Cruel Punishment For So-Called Scolds
The first documented use of a Scold’s Bridle, called an iron brank, appeared in 1567 in Scotland (The last wouldn’t come until 1856 ) In Edinburgh, one law declared that iron branks would be used on anyone who committed blasphemy or was deemed immortal
- BRANK Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Brank definition: to hold up and toss the head, as a horse when spurning the bit or prancing See examples of BRANK used in a sentence
- Branks Torture Device: Medieval Scold’s Bridle For Public Shame
The Brank’s or Scold’s Bridle was a torture device commonly used to punish women in medieval times, it was considered a “lesser” kind of torture device during the medieval period “To curb women’s tongues that talk too idle” *Quote found in Walton on Thames Church Vestry attached to a Scold’s Bridle
- The Brank ( Torture ) - Medieval Times
The Brank was used to humiliate women who "by brawling and wrangling amongst her neighbours breaks the public peace, increases discord and becomes a public nuisance to the neighbourhood " In short, women who gossiped with their neighbors with no purpose other than to offend, ridicule or lie about someone else were subject to this torture
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