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† ˈbrackener Obs. rare.
Also brakk-
[a. OF. braconier (= mod.F. braconnier, now used in sense of poacher) a keeper of hounds, f. bracon hound: see brach.]
A servant who attended to the hounds.
1490Caxton Eneydos xv. 54 Rennynge houndes went wyth the brakkenere for to be atte the reysynge of the beest. Ibid. The brackener hadde dystourned the herte in to his busshe. |