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Dranks vs Branks - What's the difference?

dranks | branks |

As nouns the difference between dranks and branks

is that dranks is (slang) while branks is (plurale tantum) a punishment device, especially for scolding women, consisting of a cage to enclose the head, with a metal gag for the mouth.

dranks

English

Noun

(head)
  • (slang)

    • branks

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (plurale tantum) a punishment device, especially for scolding women, consisting of a cage to enclose the head, with a metal gag for the mouth
  • :* 1836': Plot, in his History of Staffordshire, describes the '''branks used at Newcastle-under-Lyme, and at Walsall, in the reign of James II. — ''The Gentleman's Magazine , July 1836 p.98