BRANDING IRON Definition & Meaning

branding iron

noun

a long-handled metal rod with a stamp at one end, used for branding livestock, especially cattle, with a registered or recognized symbol or character to indicate ownership.

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Origin of branding iron¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

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“It felt like someone had repeatedly struck the back of my neck with a hot branding iron,” he wrote in his memoir.

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As city librarian, he insisted that all Angelenos be allowed to use its collection and discouraged book theft by using a branding iron to burn “LA PUB LIBRARY” into books’ edges.

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But this week the president offered a statement that stood out, even among many that have put Trump’s branding iron on the office.

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They are holding me so that I cannot squirm, shoving into my face a hot branding iron.

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In 2013, Ortiz was attacked by 10 men who tortured him with a hot cattle branding iron, and shot him, lodging a bullet in his left thigh.

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