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deerhound

[ deer-hound ]

deerhound

/ ˈdɪəˌhaʊnd /

noun

  1. a very large rough-coated breed of dog of the greyhound type
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of deerhound1

First recorded in 1805–15; deer + hound 1
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Example Sentences

A tall young woman swept by them, leading a beautiful English deerhound on a long silver chain.

One English yacht, the "Deerhound," with her owner's family aboard, hung close to the combatants during the fight.

Capt. Semmes was picked up by a boat from the yacht "Deerhound," and was carried in that craft to England away from capture.

He fumed on the shore like a deerhound when the stag has taken to the sea.

It included two greyhounds, a rough-coated deerhound, a foxhound, and the fawn-colored crossbred mentioned above.

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