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lyam-hound
[ lahy-uhm-hound ]
noun
, Archaic.
- a bloodhound.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lyam-hound1
1520–30; obsolete lyam leash (< Middle French liem ≪ Latin ligāmen a band, tie, equivalent to ligā ( re ) to tie + -men noun suffix) + hound 1
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