bratchet

== English == === Etymology === From Scots, from Old French brachet (“bitch, hound”). === Noun === bratchet (plural bratchets) A little brat. Alternative spelling of brachet (“a female hunting hound that hunts by scent; a brach”). === References === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Bratchet”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.