A Scotch (brod, brōd) variant of BOARD (see senses 1–4). Also, an escutcheon (obs.).
1643. Acts Ass., 171 (Jam.). Abuses in hinging of pensils and brods, affixing of honours and arms,—hath crept in.
1861. Ramsay, Remin., Ser. II. 26. As he went round with the ladle, he used to remind such members of the congregation as seemed backward in their duty, by giving them a poke with the ‘brod.’
