lyam-hound
[ lahy-uhm-hound ]
nounArchaic.
a bloodhound.
Origin of lyam-hound
11520–30; obsolete lyam leash (<Middle French liem ≪ Latin ligāmen a band, tie, equivalent to ligā(re) to tie + -men noun suffix) + hound1
- Also lyme-hound.
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