gaze-hound

A form of gazehound — Synonym of sighthound (“a hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance”).

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Meanings

noungaze-hound (plural gaze-hounds)

plural gaze-hounds

  1. alternativeAlternative form of gazehound.

    And foresters, in green-wood trim, / Lead in the leash the gaze-hounds grim, / Attentive, as the bratchet's bay / From the dark covert drove the prey, / To slip them as he broke away.

    1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Introduction to Canto Second: To the Rev. John Marriot, M.A.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, page 61
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“gaze-hound.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gaze-hound. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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