† brackenern.
Obsolete. rare.
A servant who attended to the hounds.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > [noun] > attendant on hounds
fewtererc1400
bernera1425
hound's-swainc1475
brackener1490
piqueur1580
dog boy1612
vauterer1679
whipper-in1739
whipper1826
whip1848
velterer1911
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping dogs or cats > [noun] > keeping or affinity with dogs > keeper of hounds
fewtererc1400
bernera1425
hound's-swainc1475
brackener1490
vauterer1679
velterer1911
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xv. 54 Rennynge houndes went wyth the brakkenere for to be atte the reysynge of the beest.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xv. 54 The brackener hadde dystourned the herte in to his busshe.
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