The Collaborative International Dictionary
Recheat
Recheat \Re*cheat"\ (r[-e]*ch[=e]t"), n. [F. requ[^e]t['e], fr. requ[^e]ter to hunt anew. See Request.] (Sporting) A strain given on the horn to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game.
Recheat
Recheat \Re*cheat"\, v. i.
To blow the recheat.
--Drayton.
Wiktionary
recheat
n. (context archaic English) A series of notes blown on a horn as a signal in hunting to call back the hounds when they have lost track of the game. vb. (context archaic English) To blow the recheat.
Usage examples of "recheat".
Ishmael was kneeling over Stella, his face close to hers, he was keening or making a noise like a recheat, a horn-call into the wilderness of his grief.
He swung his baldrick in front of him and, lifting the horn to his lips, began to blow a recheat.