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covert-hound

covert-hound is the alternative form of covert hound.

Meaning of covert hound

Noun

covert hound (plural covert hounds)

  1. a staghound or buckhound, a dog for coursing deer, particularly the Welsh gellgi breed ancestral to the Welsh Sheepdog and Australian Shepherd
    • In the Welsh laws of Howel Dda (who died 948), the King's buckhound or covert-hound is valued at a pound. — William Drury, British Dogs, Their Points, Selection, and Show Preparation (1903)

Questions about covert-hound

What is covert-hound the alternative form of?
Covert-hound is the alternative form of covert hound.

Words near covert-hound in the dictionary

  1. covert stutters
  2. covert-coat
  3. covert-coating
  4. covert-coatings
  5. covert-coats
  6. covert-hound
  7. covertape
  8. covertapes
  9. covertest
  10. covertex
  11. covertext

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