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covert hound

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

a staghound or buckhound, a dog for coursing deer, particularly the Welsh gellgi breed ancestral to the Welsh Sheepdog and Australian Shepherd

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 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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History

Etymology

From covert (“brush, undergrowth”).