brach
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of brach
C14: back formation from brachez hunting dogs, from Old French, plural of brachet , of Germanic origin; compare Old High German braccho hound
Example Sentences
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I’m proud of my father as he cares for dog and brach.
From "Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village" by Laura Amy Schlitz
His heart cried out within him the way a brach with whelps between her legs would howl and bristle at a stranger—so the hackles of his heart rose at that laughter.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
Brach, brach, n. a dog for the chase, a bitch-hound.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
From Italy also and from southern climes comes what is called the bracco, whence doubtless is derived the French name braque and English brach.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various
"Is not this better than laying your dog-leash on your loving wife, as if she were a brach of the kennel?" said August to January.
From The Betrothed by Sir Walter Scott
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