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brachet arch.|ˈbrætʃɪt| Also 4 brachete, 5 brachett, 9 bratchet. [a. F. brachet, dim. of brac: see brach, and bratchet.] 1. = brach.
[1262in Athenæum 20 Aug. (1881) 241 Cum octo brachettis et quatuor Leporariis.] c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1603 Brachetes bayed þat best. 1483Cath. Angl. 39 A Brachett, oderensicus. 1557K. Arthur (Copland) iii. v, There came rennynge in a whyte hart..and a whyte brachet next hym. 1808Scott Marm. ii. Introd. 40 The Bratchet's bay From the dark covert drove the prey. 2. A little brat, a child: see bratchet. |