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