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bache

The English word “bache” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. The dale of a stream or rivulet.

Etymology

Possibly a dialectal form of Middle English *becck, *betch, from to Old English *becc (“stream”), from Proto-Germanic *bakjaz (“brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰog- (“flowing water, stream”). Cognate with Old Norse bekkr (“brook”). More at beck.

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