Scatch
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse. obsolete
"and thus, having brought your horse to a Post set up for that purpose, and one to assist you with a Rein fastened to the rings of a half Cannon Bit or a Scatch, you having mounted his back, let your assistant hold him to the post with his head facing it,"
- 2 A stilt. UK, dialectal, obsolete
Example
More examples"and thus, having brought your horse to a Post set up for that purpose, and one to assist you with a Rein fastened to the rings of a half Cannon Bit or a Scatch, you having mounted his back, let your assistant hold him to the post with his head facing it,"
Etymology
From French escache, from Italian scaccia.
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