branding iron

English

Three branding irons

Noun

branding iron (plural branding irons)

1. A piece of metal bent into a distinctive shape, heated and used to brand livestock.
2. (archaic) Synonym of brandise (“stand for a pot or pan over a fire”)

Translations

bent piece of metal

• Finnish: poltinrauta
• French: fer à marquer m
• German: Brandeisen n
• Greek:

  Ancient: καυτήρ m (kautḗr)

• Hawaiian: hao kuni
• Italian: marchio (it) m, ferro per marchiare m
• Latin: cauterium n
• Navajo: béésh bee ídaʼdiidlidí, béésh bee íʼdiidlidí
• Ottoman Turkish: داغلاغی (dağlağı), مكوات (mikvat)
• Persian: دروش (fa) (doruš), درفش (fa) (derafš)
• Plautdietsch: Brenniesa n
• Polish: żegadło (pl) n
• Spanish: fierro (es) m
• Swedish: brännjärn n
• Tagalog: hero
• Turkish: dağlama demiri