brandis

name

1. A surname.

noun

1. (Cornwall, Devon, archaic)A triangular fire stand; trivet.

   “These stones are then placed, as the country people have it, “brandis-wise” ; that is, in the form of a brandis, the name by which the triangular stands on which the kettles are set on the hearth are called.”

   “I'll bush the fire a bit, if you'll leave me do it, and git un up all of a broze under the brandis. (She puts furze on the fire.)”