v. Obs. rare. [deriv. of TRECHE v. (perh. error for trecher).] trans. To deceive, cheat, play false with. Hence † Trechetting vbl. sb. (See also TREACHETOUR.)
c. 1330. R. Brunne, Chron. (1810), 323. Þe[i] sent ageyn & said to kyng, ‘it was no haunte Of certeyn sette & laid, to trechet þer conaunte. Ibid., 164. Whan he with trechettyng bi nyght away so ran, Wenes he our men Inglisse for to tretcher [MS. trecther] so?
