brandreth

American  

[bran-drith] / ˈbræn drɪθ /

Or brandrith

noun

1. a wooden fence around a well.

2. an iron tripod or trivet placed over a fire.

3. any similar support or framework.

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Etymology

Origin of brandreth

1350–1400; Middle English < Old Norse brandreith grate, equivalent to brand brand + reith vehicle (cognate with road, raid ); replacing Old English brandrād trivet and brandrida fire-grate

Example Sentences

For current fans, “Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear,” by Gyles Brandreth, and “The Making of Winnie-the-Pooh,” by James Campbell, remind us of the verbal and pictorial pleasures of Pooh.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Brandreth, a British broadcaster and founder of Bear House, a teddy-bear museum, is widely knowledgeable in this period, having also written a play about the Milne family.

From The Wall Street Journal

One of the strengths of Mr. Brandreth’s genial survey of the life and afterlife of Pooh is how much time he spends on other Milne works that have brought him pleasure.

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Mr. Brandreth also appreciates quite a few of Milne’s 40 well-made plays, which fashionably skirt around then-trendy issues of authenticity and illegitimacy in the most un-Ibsen-like way possible.

From The Wall Street Journal

Simon Sladen, chair of the UK Pantomime Association, said: "We've got Corbyn this year, Ken Livingstone's been in panto, Gyles Brandreth did panto for many years, Anne Widdecombe."

From BBC