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Branks

//bɹæŋks// noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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Origins: First recorded in Scotland in 1567.

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