Definitions
1.NounA metal bridle formerly used as a torture device to hold the head of a scold and restrain the tongue.
2.NounA sort of bridle with wooden side pieces.
3.VerbTo put someone in the branks.
4.VerbTo hold up and toss the head; applied to horses as spurning the bit.
5.VerbTo prance; to caper.
6.NounBuckwheat.