ˈwolf-hound
= wolf-dog.
| 1823 Scott Quentin D. xxii, We have brought down the game at last, quoth my lady's brach to the wolf-hound. 1871 M. Collins Marq. & Merch. I. i. 27 An enormous Pyrenean wolf-hound. 1899 Dogs, their Managem. & Treatm. 20 The Irish wolfhound, as he is known to-day, will weigh as much as one hundred and fifty pounds. 1923 Westm. Gaz. 22 Mar., It was discovered when the Show opened that a valuable Alsatian wolf-hound had disappeared. |