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bearhounds

bearhounds is the plural of bearhound.

Meaning of bearhound

Noun

bearhound (plural bearhounds)

  1. A dog used for bearbaiting or bear hunting.
    • "For his amusement John the Terrible used to order a number of people to be sewed up in bear-skins, and then torn to death by bear-hounds. For tearing prisoners to pieces he ordered the tops of several trees to be bent down so that they came together; the limbs of the unfortunate victim were...1887, Thomas Wallace Knox, The Boy Travellers in the Russian Empire, Chapter 11

Questions about bearhounds

What is bearhounds the plural of?
Bearhounds is the plural of bearhound.

Words near bearhounds in the dictionary

  1. bearherd
  2. bearherds
  3. bearhide
  4. bearhides
  5. bearhound
  6. bearhounds
  7. bearhug
  8. bearhugged
  9. bearhugging
  10. bearhugs
  11. bearhunt

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