ruck

mastery
/ɹʌk/nounverbname

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What does 'ruck' mean in this sentence?

Dandolo was constantly in the ditch, sometimes lying with his side against the bank, and had now been so hustled and driven that, had he been on the other side, he would have had no breath left to carry his rider, even in the ruck of the hunt.