brach

9.9

A female hunting dog like a hound

noun
/bræk/

Archaic

: perra de caza

A skilled hunter trusts her brach to lead the way during every hunting expedition.

Examples

The brach followed the scent trail through the dense forest, eager to find the game.
In the quiet of the countryside, the brach bayed loudly, signaling that it had found something.
Now, we've alerted all the Newmans braches, but if it is related to this bombing, I doubt they'd be dumb enough to return it.

Bombshell (2016)

Synonyms

hound

vsbrach

121 1.5

A dog used for hunting with long drooping ears and a strong nose

is an older term that denotes specifically a female hunting animal

beagle

vsbrach

23 1.3

A small hunting dog with short legs and a strong nose

is an archaic term for a female hunting animal rather than a breed name

hunting dog

vsbrach

8 2.3

A dog trained to find and catch animals or birds

is an old word meaning a female hunter animal rather than a general trained dog

hound dog

vsbrach

6 2.7

A dog used for hunting with long ears and a very good nose

is an old word referring specifically to a female hunting animal

basset hound

vsbrach

4 2.8

A dog with short legs, a long body, and long hanging ears bred to hunt by smell

is an old term that names a female hunting animal rather than breeds

Plott hound

vsbrach

1 8.0

A large hunting dog from the United States with a striped brown coat that hunts boar and bears

is an old term referring specifically to a female hunting animal not a breed

sporting dog

vsbrach

Specialized

1 3.4

A dog bred and trained to help hunters find and retrieve game birds

is an old word naming a female hunter animal rather than a specialized helper

boarhound

vsbrach

9.1

A large dog used to hunt and hold wild boars

is an old word that denotes a female hunting animal rather than a specific breed

English springer

vsbrach

4.1

A type of dog with a black and white coat that helps hunters by finding and bringing game

is an old term meaning a female hunting animal rather than a modern gun breed

Surface Forms

brach singular

braches plural

Etymology

Brach comes from the Old French word brache, which meant a 'female hunting dog' that hunters used in the Middle Ages. That's why brach is an old name for a hunting hound.