Wolfhound

2 definitions found

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

  Wolfhound \Wolf"hound`\, n. (Zool.)
     Originally, a large hound used in hunting wolves; now, any
     one of certain breeds of large dogs, some of which are nearly
     identical with the great Danes.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  wolfhound
       n : the largest breed of dogs; formerly used to hunt wolves