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A design burned or frozen into hide, read by a fixed grammar.
Also known as: Cattle brand, Brand mark livestock
A livestock brand is read by a grammar rather than as a picture: a letter lying on its side is lazy, one with curved feet is walking, a bar underneath is a rocker. Brands are registered with a state or provincial authority, which makes the register the authority on what a brand means.
Identifies ownership by a design applied to an animal's hide, registered with a state or provincial brand authority.
Contexts: Technical drawing, Maps
Is read by a fixed grammar in which orientation and added strokes are named — lazy for a letter on its side, walking for curved feet, rocking for a curved bar beneath.
Contexts: Technical drawing, Maps
Derives its authority from the register rather than from the mark, so a brand's meaning is a matter of record rather than of interpretation.
Contexts: Technical drawing, Maps
A letter, numeral or simple figure applied to hide, sometimes lying on its side or standing on a curved bar.