staghound

American  

[stag-hound] / ˈstægˌhaʊnd /

noun

1. a hound trained to hunt stags and other large animals.

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staghound British  

/ ˈstæɡˌhaʊnd /

noun

1. a breed of hound similar in appearance to the foxhound but larger. It is bred for stag hunting

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Etymology

Origin of staghound

First recorded in 1700–10; stag + hound ¹

Example Sentences

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staghound

Stubbs rendered the lean ferocity of the staghound, or the compact, questing efficiency of the foxhound, with perfect respect for their actual being as creatures in their own world.

From Time Magazine Archive

An enormous staghound dashed out from his covert somewhere, with an utterance from his deep throat which sounded sufficiently awful to Dolly, an angry or a warning bay, and came springing towards her.

From The End of a Coil by Susan Warner

The one was a brindled bulldog of the largest size, a most formidable and powerful brute; the other a staghound, tawny, deep-chested, and strong-limbed.

From Roughing It in the Bush by Susanna Moodie

The American author was struck with the stately gravity of the noble staghound Maida, while the younger dogs gambolled about him, and tried to get him to gambol.

From Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men. by Adam White

It was fortunate for him that Mr Ross had some young dogs with a large strain of the Scottish staghound in them.

From Winter Adventures of Three Boys by J. E. Laughlin