brant

Meanings

Noun

• Any of several wild geese, of the genus Branta, that breed in the Arctic, but especially the brent goose, Branta bernicla.

Adjective

• Steep, precipitous.
• smooth; unwrinkled

Origin

• New Latin/Medieval Latin Branta, latinized form of Old Norse brandgás ("sheldrake"), literally "burnt (black) goose," from Proto-Germanic *brandaz ("burning") + *gans.
• From Old English brant. Cognate with Scots brent, Old Norse brantr, brattr (Faroese and Icelandic brattur, Danish brat, Norwegian Bokmål bratt, Swedish brant).