Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

covert hound

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.18 in modern English

Syllables: covert hound
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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)"

Etymology

From covert (“brush, undergrowth”).

Inflected Forms

covert hounds (plural) covert-hound (alternative) coverthound (alternative)

Questions

What does covert hound mean?: a staghound or buckhound, a dog for coursing deer, particularly the Welsh gellgi breed ancestral to the Welsh Sheepdog and Australian Shepherd
Where does covert hound come from?: From covert (“brush, undergrowth”).

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