buckhound

[ buhk-hound ]

noun
  1. a hound trained to hunt bucks and other game.

Origin of buckhound

1
First recorded in 1520–30; buck1 + hound1

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How to use buckhound in a sentence

  • Harriers were sometimes taken with buckhounds on hunting expeditions as well as with greyhounds.

    The Master of Game | Second Duke of York, Edward
  • The Master of Buckhounds was allowed a halfpenny a day each for his hounds and greyhounds.

    The Master of Game | Second Duke of York, Edward
  • I have already requested the Master of the Buckhounds to provide me with cardboard.

    The Napoleon of Notting Hill | Gilbert K. Chesterton
  • He had been always ridden with the Buckhounds; he will race the deer as sure as we live!

    Under Two Flags | Ouida [Louise de la Ramee]
  • He was devoted to her all his life and was her master of horse and master of buckhounds for many years.

    One Irish Summer | William Eleroy Curtis

British Dictionary definitions for buckhound

buckhound

/ (ˈbʌkˌhaʊnd) /


noun
  1. a hound, smaller than a staghound, used for hunting the smaller breeds of deer, esp fallow deer

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