brandiron

English

Etymology

From Middle English brandiren, variant of brandire, equivalent to brand +‎ iron.

Noun

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

Verb

brandiron

third-person plural preterite indicative of brandir

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