road huntern.
/ˈrəʊd ˌhʌntə/, U.S. /ˈroʊd ˌhən(t)ər/ Hunting.
A hound which is adept at following a scent on the road. Now rare.
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1859 H. H. Dixon Silk & Scarlet iv. 293 Nathan [sc. a hound]..was as low-scented as a harrier, and could often carry it over fallows or along a road... His science as a road-hunter was such, that if [etc.].
1897 Earl of Suffolk et al. Encycl. Sport I. 560/1 The only thing he [sc. the huntsman] can do is to..try every gateway and likely-looking spot where she [sc. the hare] may have turned off or lain down, but it is a mere matter of luck unless he has the real road hunter.
1903 H. A. Bryden Hare-hunting &Harriers iii. 56 Very few hounds are good road-hunters... A good road-hunter is a perfect treasure.
1985 A. Mackay-Smith Foxhunting in North Amer. Gloss. 240 A hound which is particularly good at following the line of a fox down a hard road is said to be a road hunter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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