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
"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 Scott, Walter, Sir
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
I have frequently witnessed this stratagem, and when, during my kitchen dinner, I suddenly hear the dogs yelping after the brach hound has begun, I am pretty sure that nobody is in sight.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 841, February 13, 1892 by Various
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