scatch

A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse.

Noun

  1. A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse.
    • and thus, having brought your horse to a Post set up for that purpose, and one to assist you with a Rein fastened to the rings of a half Cannon Bit or a Scatch, you having mounted his back, let your assistant hold him...
  2. A stilt.

Origin

From French escache, from Italian scaccia.

Forms

scatches