Middle English Dictionary Entry
rechāte n.
Entry Info
| Forms | rechāte n. Also rechatte. |
| Etymology | Prob. AF; cp. ME rechā̆ten v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A hunting call on a horn calling back or summoning together the hounds, a recheat.
Associated quotations
- a1425 *York MGame [OD col.] (Dgb 182)xxxiii : If þe lymmer may se hym, he shall blawe a moote and rechatte [Vsp: rechace].
- a1425 *York MGame [OD col.] (Dgb 182)xxxiii : He shulde..blowe a moote, a rechate [Vsp: and rechace], and þenne halowe.