tally-ho

British  

/ ˌtælɪˈhəʊ /

interjection

1. the cry of a participant at a hunt to encourage the hounds when the quarry is sighted

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noun

1. an instance of crying tally-ho

2. another name for a four-in-hand

verb

1. (intr) to make the cry of tally-ho

Etymology

Origin of tally-ho

C18: perhaps from French taïaut cry used in hunting

Example Sentences

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tally-ho

If you go out in a big tally-ho with several others in the rig, the charge will be from $1.50 to $2.50.

From Through Our Unknown Southwest by Laut, Agnes C. (Agnes Christina)

We left Yellowstone Gateway for the ride of our lives in a six-horse tally-ho.

From The Century Handbook of Writing by Greever, Garland

You and I know that a four-horse team can pull a tally-ho coach around without breaking its collective neck.

From The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews by Bangs, John Kendrick

Josephine, who was sitting in the front of the tally-ho, caught the last of Helen's speech.

From Hester's Counterpart A Story of Boarding School Life by Jones, Adele W.

The next morning the hunt began anew, and when the fawn heard the hunting-horns and the tally-ho of the huntsmen he could rest no longer, and said, "Little sister, let me out, I must go."

From Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm by Crane, Lucy