covert hound
nounEtymology
From covert (“brush, undergrowth”).
Definitions
a staghound or buckhound, a dog for coursing deer, particularly the Welsh gellgi breed…
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)
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