fank

See also: fánk

English

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic fang, from Scots fank, perhaps ultimately related to archaic fang (“to seize, catch”).

Noun

fank (plural fanks)

1. A pen for enclosing sheep, mainly in the Scottish Highlands.

Translations

pen for enclosing sheep

German: Schafhürde (de) f Scottish Gaelic: faing f, fang f

Verb

fank (third-person singular simple present fanks, present participle fanking, simple past and past participle fanked)

1. (transitive) To place (sheep) in a pen.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “fank”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.