deerhound

2 definitions found

deerhound - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Deerhound \Deer"hound`\, n. (Zool.)
     One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting
     deer; a staghound.
     [1913 Webster]

deerhound - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  deerhound
      n 1: very large and tall rough-coated dog bred for hunting deer;
           known as the royal dog of Scotland [syn: Scottish deerhound
           , deerhound]