branding iron
Hot ownership tool
A branding iron is a metal rod with a shaped end, heated and pressed against a surface to burn a permanent mark.
Ranchers use them to mark livestock with identifying symbols.
The practice extends to burning marks into wood, leather, or other materials.
The term evokes images of the Old West and cattle drives.
Mounted cattle herder
- wranglerLivestock handler on ranches
- rancherOne who raises livestock
- rodeoCowboy skills competition
- westernOf the sunset side
lasso · corral · pasture · roundup · saddle · chaps · spurs · stockyard
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
- herdGrazing animals together
- cowFemale bovine
- steerDirect movement or castrated bull
- bullSteer before castration
heifer · calf · horse · ranch · rustling · ownership · hide · flank
sizzle
Sound of frying
char · red-hot · smoke · glow · ember · cauterize · blister · smolder · singe · flame
cowboy
Mounted cattle herder
western · lasso · corral · pasture · roundup · saddle · chaps · spurs · stockyard · trail drive
cattle
Domesticated bovines kept commercially
bull · heifer · calf · horse · ranch · rustling · ownership · hide · flank · corral
handle
Part for gripping
- rodThin rigid stick
- forgeFurnace for shaping metal
- blacksmithIron-shaping craftsperson
anvil · tongs · metalwork · custom · handmade · copper · interchangeable · electric · propane · craftsmanship
stamp
Mark-making device
symbol · insignia · monogram · pattern · design · permanent · indelible · impression · emboss · engrave
- ironferrous, ferric, ferrite, hematite, magnetite
- cattle ranchingcattle, cattle drive, cattle drives, cattle auctions, cattle breeding
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- ranchingcattle, ranch, rancher, ranchers, ranching
- TexasAlamo, Dallas, Houston, Austin, San Antonio
- Wild Westcowboy, howdy, sheriff, giddyup, lawmen
branding ironskin graft
Transplanted tissue covering wounds
healing salve · eraser · sandpaper · solvent · restorative
iron, brand, branded, branding, brands, rebranding, rebrand, unbranded, rebranded