brandiron

English

Etymology

From brand +‎ iron.

Noun

brandiron (plural brandirons)

  1. (obsolete) A type of kitchen utensil, especially a gridiron. [14th-19th c.]
  2. (obsolete) A type of sword. [16th-17th c.]
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, VI.8:
      The villaine met him in the middle fall, / And with his club bet backe his brondyron bright […].
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