hunt's-up

[ huhnts-uhp ]

/ ˈhʌntsˈʌp /

noun

(formerly) a call played on a hunting horn in the morning to rouse and assemble the participants in a hunt.

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Origin of hunt's-up

1530–40; from phrase (the) hunt is up

Words nearby hunt's-up

hunt down, hunt the slipper, hunt up, hunt's neuralgia, hunt's syndrome, hunt's-up, huntaway, hunted, hunter, hunter green, hunter trials