recheat
Pronunciations
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/ɹɪˈt͡ʃiːt/
Noun
A series of notes blown on a horn as a signal in hunting to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game.
Usage- Archaic
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More examples (1)
[B]ut that I vvill haue a rechate vvinded in my forehead, or hang my bugle in an inuiſible baldricke, all vvomen ſhall pardon mee: becauſe I vvill not doe them the vvrong to miſtruſt any, I vvill doe my ſelfe the right to truſt none: […]
Prior, that last flourish on the recheat hath added fifty crowns to thy ransom, for corrupting the true old manly blasts of venerie.
Verb
To blow the recheat.
Usage- Obsolete
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Rechating with his horne, which then the Hunter cheeres, Whilst still the lustie Stag his high-palm’d head up-beares,
Word forms
recheatsrecheatsrecheatingrecheatedrecheated