fox hunting
fox hunting noun: the sport of hunting foxes across country with a pack of hounds by a group of people on foot and horseback, a traditional sport of the landed gentry now controversially banned in Great Britain.
Noun
fox hunting (uncountable)
- The sport of hunting foxes across country with a pack of hounds by a group of people on foot and horseback, a traditional sport of the landed gentry now controversially banned in Great Britain.
- At Plumtree the railway enters the pleasant, rolling Wolds, famous for fox-hunting.1959 June, J. F. Oxley, D. R. Smith, “The Nottingham-Kettering line of the L.M.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 319
Questions about fox hunting
- What does fox hunting mean?
- Fox hunting means the sport of hunting foxes across country with a pack of hounds by a group of people on foot and horseback, a traditional sport of the landed gentry now controversially banned in Great Britain.
- What part of speech is fox hunting?
- Fox hunting is a noun.
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