Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Brach /(brăk)/ · IPA /bɹæt͡ʃ/ n. n. 01 n. A bitch of the hound kind. 1. A bitch of the hound kind. 02 n. A bitch of the hound kind. See also bratchet. 1. A bitch of the hound kind. See also bratchet. See: bratchet “A sow pig by chance sucked a brach, and when she was grown would miraculously hunt all manner of deer.” — Burton (Anatomy of Melancholy).