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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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
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
There are four of them, three young and not experienced, and this old, sagacious brach hound.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various
All these dogs had erect ears, except the brach, in which these organs were pendent, and this proves that the animal had already undergone the effects of domestication to a greater degree than the others.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 by Various
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
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