Bratchet

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A little brat.
  2. 2
    Alternative spelling of brachet (“a female hunting hound that hunts by scent; a brach”). alt-of, alternative

    "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."

Synonyms

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brach

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"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."

Etymology

From Scots, from Old French brachet (“bitch, hound”).

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