blencher
(ˈblɛnʃə(r))
[f. blench v.1 + -er1.]
† 1. A person or thing employed to turn or frighten away, e.g. a scarecrow: in Hunting, one placed to turn the deer from going in particular directions. Cf. blancher2. Obs.
| 1531 Elyot Gov. i. xxiii. (1883) 247 The good husbande..settethe up cloughtes or thredes, whiche some call..blenchars..to feare away birdes. 1575 Turberv. Venery 192 To set up bleinchers or sewels (which are white papers). a 1625 Fletcher Love's Pilgr. ii. i. 8/2 Hurt those That stand but by as blenchers. |
2. One who blenches or flinches.
| 1873 Morris Love is enough 55 No blencher in battle. |