/bran"l/ , n.
1. a lively 16th- and 17th-century round dance originating in France.
2. the music for this dance.
[ 1575-85; branler to shake, swing (prob. from the phrase branler une danse ), OF bran ( s ) ler to move (a limb, the head), contr. of brandeler to shake, equiv. to brand ( ir ) to BRANDISH + -eler suffix of expressive verbs -illare ]