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Definition of Foxhunting
1. a. Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes.
Definition of Foxhunting
1. Verb. (present participle of foxhunt) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Foxhunting
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Foxhunting
Literary usage of Foxhunting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Quarterly Review by George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1907)
"foxhunting, OLD AND NEW.* 1. Hounds: their Breeding and Kennel Management By ...
Advice on foxhunting. By Lord Willoughby de Broke. London: Bumpus, 1906. 1. ..."
2. Reports of Cases in Criminal Law Argued and Determined in All the Courts in by Edward William Cox (1882)
"Trespass—foxhunting—Assault—Justification—1 ^' 2 Will. 4, c. 32, ss. 2, 31/35.
A huntsman in fresh pursuit of a fox is not justified in forcing an entry ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Torts in Obligations Arising from Civil Wrongs in by Frederick Pollock, James Avery Webb (1894)
"foxhunting not privileged. At one time it was supposed that the law justified
entering on land in fresh ..."
4. On the Box Seat from London to Land's End by James John Hissey (1886)
"... A Speciality—The Beauties of the Clouds—A foxhunting Squire— The last Battle
on English Ground — Glastonbury — An ancient Hostel—A ghostly Chamber. ..."
5. A Catalogue of Old and Rare Books Offered for Sale by Pickering & Chatto (1894)
"... a few General Ideas on foxhunting for the Use of the Rising Generation of
Sportsmen, and more especially those of the Hertfordshire Hunt Club. ..."
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