Obs. Also 4 kacherel. [f. prec. + -EL. Cf. scoundrel, wastrel.] A catchpoll, beagle, ‘bull-dog.’
a. 1325. Pol. Songs (1839), 151. Aȝeyn this cachereles cometh thus y mot care.
a. 1340. Ayenb., 263. Þe dyeuel a-ye huam and his kachereles … his hous mid greate strengþe wolde loky.
