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Definition of Staghound
1. Noun. A large heavy hound formerly used in hunting stags and other large game; similar to but larger than a foxhound.
Definition of Staghound
1. n. A large and powerful hound formerly used in hunting the stag, the wolf, and other large animals. The breed is nearly extinct.
Definition of Staghound
1. Noun. Any of several large dogs once bred to hunt stags. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Staghound
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Medical Definition of Staghound
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Staghound
Literary usage of Staghound
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Twentieth Century Dog by Herbert Compton (1904)
"THE staghound IT is not uncommon for some confusion to exist with regard to the
term staghound, by which nomenclature the impression ..."
2. The Queen's Hounds and Stag-hunting Recollections: With an Introduction on by Thomas Lister Ribblesdale, Edward Burrows (1897)
"... CHAPTER VI THE staghound Nobleman. Huntsman, I charge tbee, tender well my
hounds : Brach Merriman, the poor cur is emboss'd ; And couple Clowder with ..."
3. Recreations of a Sportsman by William Pitt Lennox (1862)
"... Sporting Dogs — Anecdote of a Celebrated staghound of former days — Instinct
of a Dog of the present day—Manly Speech of the late Earl Fitzhardinge in ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia of Sport by Frederick George Aflalo, Hedley Peek (1897)
"The staghound—The Rev, J. Daniel and other writers of authority in the first
years of this century speak with disparagement of the slowness and heavy ..."
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