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covert hounds

covert hounds is the plural 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 hounds

What is covert hounds the plural of?
Covert hounds is the plural of covert hound.

Words near covert hounds in the dictionary

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