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▪ I. tally-ho, int. and n.|ˌtælɪˈhəʊ|
Also 8–9 tallio, 9 tally-o, -oh, talleyho.
[app. an altered form of the Fr. taïaut (Molière, Les Fâcheux 1662), tayau, tayaut (Furetière), used in deer-hunting; earlier Fr. equivalents were taho, tahou, theau, theau le hau, tielau, thialau, and thia hillaud (Godef.).
The various Fr. forms appear to be meaningless exclamations. Much conjecture has been spent in vainly trying to put a French meaning into the English form by finding in it taillis coppice, est allé is gone, hors out, etc.]
1. The view-halloo raised by huntsmen on catching sight of the fox.
a. as int.[Cf.1756Foote Englishman returned fr. Paris, Sir Toby Tallyho (name of a roistering character).] 1772R. Graves Spir. Quixote (1783) I. 68 Jerry..with the utmost vociferation, in the fox-hunters' language, cries out, ‘Tallio! Tallio! Tallio!’ 1815W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 19 Then at it, my Pegasus, here's whip and rein, Tally ho! Tally ho! dash it bold o'er the plain. 1835Encycl. Brit. (ed. 7) XI. 752 The view holloa of the hare is, ‘Gone away’; of a fox, ‘Tallyho’. 1859Art Taming Horses, etc. x. 168 When a fox breaks cover near you,..don't be in a hurry to give the ‘Tally-a-e-o!’ Ibid. 169 When he [the fox] is well away through the hedge of a good-sized field, halloo..‘Tally-o aw-ay-o-o!’ giving each syllable very slowly... If the fox makes a short bolt and returns, it is ‘Tally-o back!’ with the ‘back’ loud and clear. If the fox crosses the side of a wood when the hounds are at check, the cry should be ‘Tally-o over!’
b. as n. Also fig.
1787Generous Attachment I. 115 One of his tallios would have sent them screaming out of their senses. 1830–83R. E. Egerton-Warburton Hunt. Songs (ed. 7) xxvii. i, Beasts of the chace that are not worth a Tally-ho! 1860All Year Round No. 71. 485 How the glad tally-hos, triumphant who-whoops,..come from the very hearts of the farmers. 1955Times 9 Aug. 9/2 Even the eminent scholar and social worker Liang Shu-ming has been cast out... Throughout China the tally-ho of the party hacks is echoing.
c. attrib.
1825H. Wilson Mem. (ed. 2) III. 96 A drunken man, in a dashing light green coat, a red waistcoat, and large tally oh! pin in his shirt. 1857H. H. Breen Mod. Eng. Lit. 138 Perhaps the most characteristic style of all is the tally-ho, or Nimrodian style. 1922Joyce Ulysses 571 A pack of bloodhounds led by Hornblower of Trinity brandishing a dogwhip in tallyho cap, and an old pair of grey trousers, follows from far.
2. a. Originally, the proper name given to a fast day-coach between London and Birmingham, started in 1823; subsequently appropriated by other fast coaches on this and other roads, and treated somewhat as a common noun. Also tally-ho coach.
1831T. Attwood 9 Oct. in Life xii. (1885) 184, I prefer your coming by the Safety Tally ho, because it puts up at the most convenient inn. 1857Hughes Tom Brown i. iv, Tally-ho coach..don't wait for nobody. Ibid., His father..had resolved that Tom should travel down by the Tally-ho, which..passed through Rugby itself. 1866Geo. Eliot F. Holt Introd., The mail still announced itself by the merry notes of the horn; the hedge-cutter..might still know the exact hour by the..apparition of the pea-green Tally-ho or the yellow Independent. 1903C. G. Harper Stage-coach & Mail II. ix., x., xiii. [much historical information].
b. U.S. A large four-in-hand coach or drag.
1882Howells in Longm. Mag. I. 55 There was a tally-ho coach which had been driven out from Boston. 1885W. P. Breed Aboard & Abroad 127 Who could..not take a tour of eight or ten hours in tallyho or wagonette? 1895Nebraska State Jrnl. 18 June 4/2 A talleyho ride was taken by a large party of young people Friday afternoon.
▪ II. tally-ˈho, v.
[f. prec.]
1. trans. To salute or make known the presence of (a fox) by the cry of ‘tally-ho’.
1812Sporting Mag. XXXIX. 230 A fox was tallyho'd breaking covert, and the dogs laid on him. 1825Ibid. XV. 363 The servant..tallyho'd the fox.
2. intr. To cry or utter ‘tally-ho’ or a similar call.
1826J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1855 I. 137 A troop o'..tallyhoin' ‘wild and wayward humourists’. 1829Hood Epping H. lxxiv, And milkmen tally-ho'd! 1904H. Sutcliffe in Westm. Gaz. 1 Dec. 2/3 Oh, up to the saddle, the horn tally-ho-ing, Up to the tops of the hills o' Craven! |