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ban-hounds

ban-hounds is the plural of ban-hound.

Meaning of ban-hound

Noun

ban-hound (plural ban-hounds)

  1. A dog that fulfills or executes a curse (ban).
    • [T]hose dames were wont to make their appearance, arrayed in green, in the neighbourhood of Llyn Barfog, chiefly at eventide, accompanied by their kine and hounds, and that on quiet summer nights in particular, these ban-hounds were often to be heard in full cry pursuing their prey[.]1853 July, Archaeologia Cambrensis, London: W. Pickering, page 203

Questions about ban-hounds

What is ban-hounds the plural of?
Ban-hounds is the plural of ban-hound.

Words near ban-hounds in the dictionary

  1. ban overtime
  2. Ban'daidhihdhoo
  3. Ban'daveri
  4. Ban'didhoo
  5. ban-hound
  6. ban-hounds
  7. ban-the-bomber
  8. ban-the-bombers
  9. Bana
  10. Banaadir
  11. Banaag

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