brocket

See also: Brocket

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French brocart, broquart.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹɒkɪt/

Noun

brocket (plural brockets)

  1. A stag in its second year, before its horns have started branching.
    Near-synonyms: knobber, knobbler, pricket, spitter
    • 1847, Frederick Marryat, chapter 4, in The Children of the New Forest, England: H. Hurst:
      “Why, a stag is called a brocket until he is three years old, at four years he is a staggart; at five years a warrantable stag; and after five years he becomes a hart royal.”
  2. A brocket deer, a member of genus Mazama, of short-horned deer of the tropical Americas.
    • 1998, Valerius Geist, Deer of the World, page 118:
      Before fighting, brockets rear and jump in display; when fighting, they jump over each other, striking the opponent with the hooves of the forelegs or hind legs in passing.

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