Deerhound Definition

dîrhound
noun

Scottish deerhound.

Webster's New World

A dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer.

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Noun

Singular:
deerhound
Plural:
deerhounds

Origin of Deerhound

  • From Middle English *deerhound, *deerehund, from Old English *dēorhund (attested in hēahdēorhund (“stag-hound, deer-hound, a dog for hunting great game”)), equivalent to deer +‎ hound.

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Deerhound Sentence Examples

  • The Scotch deerhound is a larger and heavier variety of the English greyhound, with rough and shaggy hair.

  • The Irish wolfhound is now extinct, but appears to have been a powerful race heavier than the deerhound but similar to it in general characters.

  • Two of the purest breeds at the present day are the Scottish deerhound and the Dalmatian (spotted carriage-dog), A deerhound after having seven pups to a Dalmatian was put to a dog of her own breed.

  • A similar result was obtained with a deerhound first mated with a retriever.

  • According to their breed standards, the tallest breeds are the Irish Wolfhound and the Scottish Deerhound.

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