staghound
(ˈstæghaʊnd)
[f. stag n.1 + hound n.]
= deer-hound.
| 1707 Lond. Gaz. No. 4322/4 Lost.., a Couple of young Stag-hounds. 1810 Scott Lady of L. ii. vi, With..his dark stag-hounds by his side. 1893 Lydekker Roy. Nat. Hist. I. 532 The true English staghound was a considerably larger animal than the foxhound. |