arch. Also 4 brachete, 5 brachett, 9 bratchet. [a. F. brachet, dim. of brac: see BRACH, and BRATCHET.]

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  1.  = BRACH.

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[1262.  in Athenæum, 20 Aug. (1881), 241. Cum octo brachettis et quatuor Leporariis.]

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c. 1340.  Gaw. & Gr. Knt., 1603. Brachetes bayed þat best.

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1483.  Cath. Angl., 39. A Brachett, oderensicus.

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1557.  K. Arthur (Copland), III. v. There came rennynge in a whyte hart … and a whyte brachet next hym.

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1808.  Scott, Marm., II. Introd. 40. The Bratchet’s bay From the dark covert drove the prey.

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  2.  A little brat, a child: see BRATCHET.

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