† cachekow Sc. Obs.
[f. catch v. + cow.]
A cow-catcher or cattle-pounder; hence gen. a bailiff. Cf. catch-poll.
| 1513 Douglas æneis viii. Prol. 136 Sum wald be court man, sum clerk, and sum a cachekow, Sum knycht, sum capitane, sum Caiser, sum King. |