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brachet

  • /ˈbɹæt͡ʃɪt/

Rhymes with -ætʃɪt

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From Middle English brachet, from Old French brachet, a diminutive of Old Occitan brac, from Frankish. By surface analysis, brach + -et.

noun brachets · bratchet

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

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@misc{brachet_2026,
  title = {brachet},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brachet},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}