Bratchet
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
A kind of hound; a brach: applied contemptuously to a child.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
a kind of hound; a
brach
; -- applied contemptuously to a child. See also
brach
.
Word Usage
"I could excuse the one, for I love a good horse naturally; but to be plagued with a bratchet whelp. —"
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
brach
variant
brach
brachet