Brant

Pronunciation

• IPA: /bɹænt/
• Rhymes: -ænt

Origin uncertain but similar to Old Norse brandgas (sheldrake).

Full definition of brant

Noun

1. Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.

From Old English brant. Cognate with Scots brent, Icelandic brattr.

Alternative forms

• brent

Adjective

1. (dialectal) Steep, precipitous.
• AschamGrapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.
2. (Scotland) smooth; unwrinkled
• BurnsYour bonnie brow was brent.----