Deerhound

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



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