'bratchet' definitions:

Definition of 'bratchet'

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  • bratchet \bratch"et\, (br[a^]ch"[e^]t), n. [Sc. also bratchart; fr. ME. brachet, fr. OF. brachet; ML. brachetus, dim. of brache a hound. See brach.] a kind of hound; a brach; -- applied contemptuously to a child. See also brach. [Also spelled brachet.] [Century Dict. 1906]
  • The bratchet's bay From the dark covert drove the prey. --Scott, (Marmion, ii. int.). [Century Dict. 1906]
  • To be plagued with a bratchet whelp -- Whence came ye, my fair-favoured little gossip? . --Scott, (Kenilworth, II. xxi). [Century Dict. 1906]