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brachet

noun
/ˈbɹæt͡ʃɪt/

Etymology

From Middle English brachet, from Old French brachet, a diminutive of Old Occitan brac, from Frankish. By surface analysis, brach + -et.

  1. derived from brac
  2. derived from brachet
  3. inherited from brachet

Definitions

  1. A female hunting hound that hunts by scent

    A female hunting hound that hunts by scent; a brach.

    • Ryght so as they sat ther came rennyng in a whyte hert in to the halle and a whyte brachet next hym and xxx couple of black rennyng houndes cam after with a greete crye
    • And foresters, in green-wood trim, / Lead in the leash the gaze-hounds grim, / Attentive, as the bratchet’s bay / From the dark covert drove the prey, / To slip them as he broke away.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA