bramin or bramine, n.m. V. brahmane.
☉bran, n.m., bran; (pop.) excrement. — de son; coarse bran; sawdust. — de judas; freckles.
bran! int. (l.ex.) — de lui! a fig for him!
brancard, n.m., stretcher, litter, hand-barrow; shaft (of a cart).
brancardier, n.m., (milit.) ambulance-man, litter-bearer.
branchage, n.m., branches, boughs; horns.
branche, n.f., branch, bough, stick, arm; pin-wire; part, division; (arch.) branch; side (of a ladder); branch (of a family); (bot.) grain. A —s; branched. Sauter de — en —; to go from one thing to another. Jeune —; twig. —s gourmandes; proud wood. S’accrocher à toutes les —s; to try every possible means, whether fair or foul. Être comme l’oiseau sur la —; to be unsettled.
☉brancher, v.a., to hang on a tree.
brancher, v.n., (hunt.) to perch, to roost; to branch off.
branche-ursine, or branc-ursine, n.f., (—) (bot.) brank-ursine.