Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

brachet

/ˈbɹæt͡ʃɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.02 in modern English

Syllables: brach-et
IPA: /ˈbɹæt͡ʃɪt/

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"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"
"And foresters, in green-wood trim, / Lead in the leash the gaze-hounds grim, / Attentive, as the bratchet’s bay / From the dark covert drove the prey, / To slip them as he broke away."
"I followed it as well as I could, I who have so often boasted of my memory now sniffing along for what seemed a league at least like a brachet and ready almost to yelp for joy at the thought of a place I knew, after so much emptiness, silence, and blackness."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: brachet, brac, -

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

brachets (plural) bratchet (alternative)

Rhymes With

ratchet hatchet watchet smatchet gabbleratchet

Questions

How do you pronounce brachet?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbɹæt͡ʃɪt/.
What does brachet mean?: A female hunting hound that hunts by scent; a brach.
Where does brachet come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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