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covert hound

covert hound noun: a staghound or buckhound, a dog for coursing deer, particularly the Welsh gellgi breed ancestral to the Welsh Sheepdog and Australian Shepherd.

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)

Forms of covert hound

pluralcovert hounds
alternative formcovert-hound
alternative formcoverthound

Origin of covert hound

From covert (“brush, undergrowth”).

Questions about covert hound

What does covert hound mean?
Covert hound means a staghound or buckhound, a dog for coursing deer, particularly the Welsh gellgi breed ancestral to the Welsh Sheepdog and Australian Shepherd.
What part of speech is covert hound?
Covert hound is a noun.
What is the plural of covert hound?
The plural of covert hound is covert hounds.

Words near covert hound in the dictionary

  1. covert curricula
  2. covert curriculum
  3. covert curriculums
  4. covert hack
  5. covert hacks
  6. covert hound
  7. covert hounds
  8. covert prestige
  9. covert stutter
  10. covert stuttering
  11. covert stutters

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