brachetn.
/ˈbratʃɪt/ archaic.
1. = brach n.
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1262 in Athenæum 20 Aug. (1881) 241 Cum octo brachettis et quatuor Leporariis.]
c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1603 Brachetes bayed þat best.
1483 Cath. Angl. 39 A Brachett, oderensicus.
1557 Malory's Story Noble & Worthy Kynge Arthur (Copland) iii. v There came rennynge in a whyte hart..and a whyte brachet next hym.
1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. Introd. 61 The bratchet's bay From the dark covert drove the prey.
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2. A little brat, a child: see bratchet n.
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