Dictionary entry

Brent

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Brent (�), Brant } (�), a. [AS. brant; akin to Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep.] 1. Steep; high.

Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them.

Ascham.

2. Smooth; unwrinkled.

Your bonnie brow was brent.

Burns.