'Brant' definitions:
Definition of 'brant'
(from WordNet)
noun
Small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward [syn: brant, brant goose, brent, brent goose]
Definition of 'Brant'
From: GCIDE
- Brent \Brent\, Brant \Brant\, a. [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.]
- 1. Steep; high. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. --Ascham. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Smooth; unwrinkled. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]
- Your bonnie brow was brent. --Burns. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Brant'
From: GCIDE
- Brant \Brant\ (br[a^]nt), n. [Cf.Brand goose, Brent, Brenicle.] (Zool.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) -- called also brent and brand goose. The name is also applied to other related species. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'brant'
From: GCIDE
- Brand goose \Brand" goose`\ [Prob. fr. 1st brand + goose: cf. Sw. brandg[*a]s. Cf. Brant.] (Zool.) A species of wild goose (Branta bernicla) usually called in America brant. See Brant. [1913 Webster]