The branks in the two towns last named are alluded to by the celebrated Dr.
A man and his wife were ordered to stand at the Kirk-style with the branks in their mouths.
Several Shropshire branks remain at the present time.
Footnote 1: In the spirited translation of this poem, by Jones, the following verses are highly descriptive of the exhausted state of the victor army.
I have, therefore, as far as the nature of my work permitted, sedulously avoided anticipating any of his materials; as I am very certain he himself will do our common cause the most ample justice.
The branks was a species of iron mask, with a gag so contrived as to enter the mouth and forcibly hold down the unruly member.
The branks are said to have been the invention of agents of the Spanish Inquisition, and to have been imported into this country from the Low Countries, whither it had travelled from Spain.
The branks are said to have been the invention of agents of the Spanish Inquisition, and to have been imported into England from the Low Countries, whither it had travelled from Spain.
I'll be in Dumfries the morn gif the beast be to the fore, and the branks bide hale.
A view of the Bishop's Branks is given in the Abbotsford edition of The Monastery, where it is described as formerly kept at St. Mary's Church.
One of these old-time branksis in the vestry of the church at Walton-on-Thames.
I am glad John Winthrop and John Carver did not bring cumbrous and cruel iron branks to America.
Over fiftybranks of various shapes are now in existence in English museums, churches, town halls, etc.
Several branks are still in existence in Staffordshire.
Mr. William Andrews, in his interesting book, entitled Old-Time Punishments gives drawings of no less than sixteen branks now preserved in England.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "branks" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: crank; pillory; stocks; treadmill; triangle
