v. Obs. rare. [ad. Du. brandschatten = Ger. brandschatzen, f. brand burning + schatz treasure, orig. tribute. (The German word has also been used for the nonce.)]
To put (a place) to ransom, or subject to a payment, in order to avoid pillage or destruction. Hence Branskating vbl. sb.
1721. Strype, Eccl. Mem., II. I. 328. The French King should ask reckoning of Albright of that he had branskated. Ibid. The soldiers … finding themselves wealthy and rich of the branskating and spoil.
