brachet

Old French, a diminutive of Occitan brac, from Frankish.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹæt͡ʃɪt/
• Rhymes: -ætʃɪt

brachet (plural brachets)

1. (obsolete) A female hunting hound that hunts by scent.
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter v, in Le Morte Darthur, book III:

     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

• brach

• Bachert, Chabert, batcher, braceth, rebatch

• braquet

brachet m (oblique plural brachez or brachetz, nominative singular brachez or brachetz, nominative plural brachet)

1. hunting dog trained to follow the scent of an animal

• English: brachet (borrowed)