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Definition of Recheat
1. n. A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game.
2. v. i. To blow the recheat.
Definition of Recheat
1. Noun. (archaic) A series of notes blown on a horn as a signal in hunting. ¹
2. Verb. (archaic) To blow the recheat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Recheat
1. a hunting call [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Recheat
Literary usage of Recheat
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"... who hare horns blow a recheat in concert, and immediately a general whoop.• We
will now give a short definition of the principal terms used in hunting. ..."
2. Slang: A Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-ton by John Badcock (1823)
"Tapp'd (ring)—' tapp'd his claret,' gave a bloody nose. in the recheat, and upon
the deaths of animals. See ' had for a hundred.' Tap-tab (the)—Morning ..."
3. Much Ado about Nothing by William Shakespeare, William Aldis Wright (1894)
"209. a recheat was a lesson or set of notes on the horn used on various occasions in
... It is impossible to say precisely what the word ' recheat' means, ..."
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