recheat

English

Etymology

Probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Anglo-Norman; compare Old French racheter (“rally”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈtʃiːt/

Noun

recheat (plural recheats)

1. (archaic) 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.
   • 1598, "… but that I will have a recheat winded in my forehead, or hang my bugle in an invisible baldrick, all women shall pardon me." — William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing
   • 1819, ”Prior, that last flourish on the recheat hath added fifty crowns to thy ransom, for corrupting the true old manly blasts of venerie.” — Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

Verb

recheat (third-person singular simple present recheats, present participle recheating, simple past and past participle recheated)

1. (archaic) To blow the recheat.

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Anagrams

• cheater, hectare, reteach, teacher