Definitions
divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork
Word origin
From Middle English branche, braunche, bronche, from Old French branche, branke, from Late Latin branca (“footprint”, later also “paw, claw”) (whence Middle High German pranke, German Pranke (“paw”)), of unknown origin.
Used in a sentence
“Selfe loue, to him ſelf tender, to the reſt tough, / Is, of iuſt iuſtice, neither roote, braunce, nor bough. / Loue (namely ſelfe loue) corruptibly growyng, / Is cheefe lodeſter of lets, in iuſtice ſhowing.”
“And they played softly in the Aeolian mode a music that was like the wailing of wind through bare branches on a moonless night, and the Red Foliot leaned forth from his high seat and recited this lamentation: […]”
“the branch of an antler, a chandelier, or a railway”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Part of a tree”6 letters
02“Tree arm”6 letters
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