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braffin.

A horse collar, especially as used in girning.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A horse collar, especially as used in girning.

    UK · regional
Where this word comes from

A variant form of bargham (“horse collar”), of which other forms include bahfam, barcom, barfing, bariham, barsham, braffam, and (with the morphemes reversed) hamburgh, from Middle English berw-ham, bergham, from Old English beorgan (“shelter”) + ham (“cover”). Or else, a link with Welsh breuant (“throat”), from Proto-Celtic *brāgants, has been suggested.

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