scatch
A kind of bit for the bridle of a horse.
Noun
- 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...
- A stilt.
Origin
From French escache, from Italian scaccia.