A kind of hound which hunts by scent; in later English use, always feminine, and extended to any kind of hound; a bitch-hound.
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| 释义 | the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > that hunts by scent (7) brachc1400 A kind of hound which hunts by scent; in later English use, always feminine, and extended to any kind of hound; a bitch-hound. brachetc1400 = brach, n. draught-hound1598 a hound used for tracking people or animals by the scent [see draw, v. 51]. draught-dog1656 = draught-hound n. line-hunter1851 a hound which follows its quarry by the line of the scent alone. drag-hound1884 Hunting. A hound of a pack used to hunt with a ‘drag’ or artificial scent. bratchet- = brachet, n. |
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