Blog: Drop Box of Curiosities
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A scold’s bridle, sometimes called “the branks”, was a punishment device used primarily on women, as a form of torture and public humiliation. It was an iron muzzle in an iron framework that enclosed the head. The bridle-bit (or curb-plate) was