brachs

Siegfried answered on courtly wise, "I will hunt with thee gladly, and will ride to the forest, if thou lend me a huntsman and some brachs."

The Fall of the Niebelungs Margaret [Translator] Armour

-- To-day we reserve the name of brachs for all pointers with short hair.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 Various

The Italian brachs are heavy, with lighter varieties, usually white and orange color, more rarely _roan_, and provided with dew-claws, this being a sign of purity of breed according to Italian fanciers.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 Various

The German brachs are of the type of the old brach, with a stiff white and maroon coat, the latter color being so extensively distributed in spots on the white as to make the coat very dark.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 Various

Upon the whole, we see that at the end of the middle ages there existed three types of pointers: spaniels, brachs and very hairy dogs, that Charles Estienne, in his Maison Rustique, of the sixteenth century, calls barbets.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 Various