brent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward
    brant goose; brant; brent goose.

WordNet

Brent, Brant adjective (Also<
  • Brent
  • Brant
)
Etymology
AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.
Definitions
  1. Steep; high. Obs.
    Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. Ascham.
  2. Smooth; unwrinkled. Scot.
    Your bonnie brow was brent. Burns.
Brent imperfect & past participle
Definitions
  1. of Bren. Burnt. Obs.
Brent noun
Etymology
Cf. Brant.
Definitions
  1. A brant. See Brant.

Webster 1913