Brachet

Quick meaning: Brachet is a noun meaning (obsolete) A female hunting hound that hunts by scent; a brach.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

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.

I followed it as well as I could, I who have so often boasted of my memory now sniffing along for what seemed a league at least like a brachet and ready almost to yelp for joy at the thought of a place I knew, after so much emptiness, silence, and blackness.

Word Forms

• brachets
• bratchet

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include brach, brace, brisky, bearhound, briard, brett.

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