Scold's bridle

（重定向自Scolding bridle）

A branked scold in New England, from an 1885 lithograph.

18th century scold's bridle in the Märkisches Museum Berlin

16th-century Scottish branks. Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow, Scotland.

A scold's bridle, having a hinged iron framework to enclose the head and a bit or gag to fit into the mouth and compress the tongue..

A scold's bridle, sometimes called a brank's bridle or simply branks, was an instrument of punishment used primarily on women, as a form of torture and public humiliation. The device was an iron muzzle in an iron framework that enclosed the head. A bridle-bit (or curb-plate), about 2 inches long and 1 inch broad, projected into the mouth and pressed down on top of the tongue.

单词	Scolding bridle
释义	Scolding bridle 英语百科 Scold's bridle （重定向自Scolding bridle） A scold's bridle, sometimes called a brank's bridle or simply branks, was an instrument of punishment used primarily on women, as a form of torture and public humiliation. The device was an iron muzzle in an iron framework that enclosed the head. A bridle-bit (or curb-plate), about 2 inches long and 1 inch broad, projected into the mouth and pressed down on top of the tongue.
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