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First published 1990 (DOST Vol. VII).
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Rotchet, n. [? F. rochet a blunt form of lance-head, a lance with such a head (12–15th c.), a bobbin, a ratchet or ratchet-wheel, whence 17th c. Eng. rochet (1659), also ratchet (1729).] The barrel of a musket or pistol. —a1651 Calderwood III 74.
Some … rotchets of small ordinance
