brink

Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪŋk/

The English word “brink” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

The edge, margin, or border of a steep place, as of a precipice; a bank or edge.
The edge or border.

Etymology

From Middle English brinke, brenke, from Old Norse *brenka, brekka, from Proto-Germanic *brinkǭ, *brinkaz (“hill, edge (of land)”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰren- (“to project”). Cognate with Dutch brink (“grassland”), regional German Brink, Icelandic brekka (“slope”); also Tocharian B prenke (“island”), Irish braine (“prow”).

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