branque
adjectivecommon noun
related to the Piedmontese slang word branci, "donkey" or to the Occitan word branco or baranco or barranco (Frédéric Mistral, le Trésor du Félibrige, t.I, 233), "straggler, disabled person, sluggard" or even "rambler". Also related to the Swiss Romand word branko, "old horse, old mule" (Valais dialect).