Brent

a. [Sw. brant, Dan. brat, Icel. brattr, steep. Cf. Sw. & Dan. bryn, brim, border, W. bryn, hill.] Steep; high. [Obs.] Grapes grow on the brant rocks so wonderfully that ye will marvel how any man dare climb up to them. Ascham.

A brant, or brand-goose; a kind of fowl with a black neck, and a white collar or line round it. See BRANT.