| 单词 | scold's bridle |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscold's bridle scold's bridle n. = branks n.1 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [noun] > punishing by pillory or stocks > pillory or stocks > scold's bridle branks1595 bridle1623 scold's bridle1858 tongue-tier1883 scold's bit1884 1858 T. N. Brushfield Obs. Punishm. 6 It has been called..a Brank, the Branks, a pair of Branks, the Scold's Bridle, Gossip's Bridle, and..[in 1623] ‘a Brydle for a curste queane’. 1869 C. H. Spurgeon John Ploughman's Talk vi. 45 In Walton Church..there is a brank or scold's bridle. < as lemmas |
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