covert hound

noun

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

“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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Meanings

nouncovert hound (plural covert hounds)

plural covert hounds · alternative covert-hound · alternative coverthound

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

    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)

Origin

From covert (“brush, undergrowth”).

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“covert hound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/covert%20hound. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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