brach

noun3

1. •
   (informal) Clipping of brachiopod.
2. •
   (no longer used) Originally, a synonym of scent hound (“a hunting dog that tracks prey using its sense of smell rather than by its vision”); later, any female hound; a bitch hound.

   • Truth is a dog that must to kenell, hee must be vvhipt out, vvhen Ladie oth'e [or the] brach may stand by the fire and stinke. — 1603
3. •
   (offensive, no longer used) A despicable or disagreeable woman; a bitch.

   • Avvay this Brach. I'll bring thee, Rogue, vvithin / The Statute of Sorcerie, tricesimo tertio [thirty-three] / Of Harry the eight: […] — 1610