| 单词 | road-hunting hound |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroad-hunting hound The action, process, or sport of hunting along a road, or of following a scent on the road. Also attributive or as adj., as road-hunting capability, road-hunting hound, etc. ΚΠ 1846 Era 1 Feb. In many of the fields the horses were ‘belly deep’ in mud and water, rendering road-hunting a matter of sheer necessity to both man and beast. 1875 Trewman's Exeter Flying Post 31 Mar. Several strains [of hounds]..are of especial notice... Their stock drive hard, and hunt to the last... their specialities being close hunting—road hunting in particular. 1946 B. S. V. FitzGerald Bk. Horse 401 Nearly every pack [of hounds] contains an expert or two at road-hunting. This road hunting capability goes in families. 1977 Horse & Hound 14 Jan. 20/1 In the old days they [sc. foxes] probably ran the roads much more because they were quieter. The minor roads were not even tarmacked, with the result that you had your ‘road hunting hounds’ much more frequently. 1992 Country Life 9 Apr. 48/2 Some packs have specialist ‘road hunting’ individual hounds, which have an extraordinary aptitude for picking up scent on roads. < as lemmas |
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