Sc. Obs. Also foirchet. [ad. OF. *foreat = forchat forked stick, f. forche FORK sb.] ‘A rest for a musket’ (Jam.).
1598. Sc. Acts Jas. VI. (1814), IV. 169. Furnist with—ane pik, ane halbert or tua handit suorde, or ells ane muscat with forcat, bedrole, and heidpece. Ibid., 191. Or ellis with ane muscat foirchet bandroll and heidpeice.
