rə̇ˈchēt noun
also re·chate -chāt
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English rechate, from rechaten to blow the recheat, from Middle French rachater, racheter to assemble, rally, from re- + achater, acheter to acquire, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin accaptare, from Latin ac- + captare to seek to obtain, intens. of capere to take, receive — more at heave
: a hunting call sounded on a horn to assemble the hounds