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

The incessant blowing of a trumpet or horn similar to that of the tally-ho notifies the watchman of the approach of boats.

From Odd Bits of Travel with Brush and Camera by Jr.

I have a tally-ho and horses, but we could not get beyond Fairview Street.

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

The climax came when he asked the girls, and also their father and mother, to join a party on his tally-ho and go to the races.

From Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife by Libbey, Laura Jean

Tara, tara, tara! it sang, and right into the middle of the Fairground drove a great tally-ho coach, with pretty young ladies and fine young gentlemen riding on top of it.

From The Irish Twins by Perkins, Lucy Fitch

The little stops view him as he passes, and far and near the air resounds with shrill "yoick!" and "tally-ho!"

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 104, January 28, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir