vauntlayn.

Forms: Also Middle English (1800s) vauntelay.

Etymology: < vaunt- prefix + -lay as in relay n.¹ The compound may have existed in Anglo-Norman. Compare vanlay v.

Now archaic.

The releasing or setting on of a relay of hounds before the other pursuing hounds have passed; the relay of hounds so released.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > [noun] > releasing hounds > releasing fresh hounds

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1486 Bk. St. Albans E viij b Even at his comyng yf thow lett thy howndys goo While the oder that be behynde fer arn hym froo That is a vauntelay.

1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Vauntlay, a terme of hunting, when they sette hounds in readynes, where they thinke a chace will passe, and cast them off before the rest of the kennell come in.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Vauntlay, a tearm of hunting, when they set hounds in readinesse where they think a chase will passe, and cast them off before the rest of the kennel come in. [Hence in Phillips, Holme, etc.]

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Vauntlay, Hounds or Beagles set in readiness [etc.].

1842 H. Taylor Edwin the Fair i. vi She holds them all together; Relay or vauntlay 'tis the same to her.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	vauntlay
释义	vauntlayn. Forms: Also Middle English (1800s) vauntelay. Etymology: < vaunt- prefix + -lay as in relay n.¹ The compound may have existed in Anglo-Norman. Compare vanlay v. Now archaic. The releasing or setting on of a relay of hounds before the other pursuing hounds have passed; the relay of hounds so released. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > [noun] > releasing hounds > releasing fresh hounds avant-lay1486 vauntlay1486 1486 Bk. St. Albans E viij b Even at his comyng yf thow lett thy howndys goo While the oder that be behynde fer arn hym froo That is a vauntelay. 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Vauntlay, a terme of hunting, when they sette hounds in readynes, where they thinke a chace will passe, and cast them off before the rest of the kennell come in. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Vauntlay, a tearm of hunting, when they set hounds in readinesse where they think a chase will passe, and cast them off before the rest of the kennel come in. [Hence in Phillips, Holme, etc.] 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Vauntlay, Hounds or Beagles set in readiness [etc.]. 1842 H. Taylor Edwin the Fair i. vi She holds them all together; Relay or vauntlay 'tis the same to her. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1486
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