brandiron
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English brandiren, variant of brandire, equivalent to brand + iron.
Noun edit
brandiron (plural brandirons)
- (obsolete) A type of kitchen utensil, especially a gridiron. [14th–19th c.]
- (obsolete) A type of sword. [16th–17th c.]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
- The villaine met him in the middle fall, / And with his club bet backe his brondyron bright […].
Galician edit
Verb edit
brandiron