† vanchase Obs. rare.
Also vaunchace.
[f. van- (see vant-) + chase n.1 Cf. vaunt-chase.]
The van, front, or advanced part of the chase or hunt. So † vanchaser, a hound hunting in the van. Obs.
| c 1410 Master of Game (MS. Digby 182) Prol., He hath ynogh at done..to loke..which houndes ben vanchasours and perfiters. Ibid., He shal se, whiche houndes commeth in the vanchace [Bodl. MS. vaunchace] and the myddell and whiche ben perfitours. |