recheat

noun /ɹɪˈt͡ʃiːt/

1. 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.

   archaic

   [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: […]

Where it comes from

Probably from Anglo-Norman; compare Old French racheter (“rally”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry recheat (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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