† trechet, v. Obs. rare.
[deriv. of treche v. (perh. error for trecher).]
trans. To deceive, cheat, play false with. Hence † trechetting vbl. n. (See also treachetour.)
| c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 313 Þe[i] sent ageyn & said to kyng, ‘it was no haunte Of certeyn sette & laid, to trechet þer conaunte. Ibid. 164 Whan he with trechettyng bi nyght away so ran. Wenes he our men Inglisse for to tretcher [MS. trecther] so? |