covert hound
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See also: coverthound and covert-hound
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From covert (“brush, undergrowth”).
Noun[edit]
covert hound (plural covert hounds)
- 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)