Meaning of pack hound | Babel Free

Definitions

A dog of any breed used to assist hunters as part of a pack.

Examples

“The beagle and basset were bred as pack⟳ hounds.”

“[…] large dogs—bred between the English fox-hound and the mastiff—are occasionally used in the more northern parts of Germany, where they are called “Pack⟳ Hunde,” or pack⟳ hounds […]”

“I’m a business man, and I keep⟳ pack-hounds and I hunt over everybody’s land⟳ […] and I can’t afford⟳ to do anything that would make⟳ people […] stop⟳ my hunting,”

“I heard the packhounds in green park⟳— But no dog like⟳ the child heard bark.”

“[…] few of these boys know⟳ how to fight⟳ alone, and hardly any without a knife or a gun. They are not to be equated with matadors or boxers or Hemingway heroes. They are dangerous pack⟳ hounds who will not even expose themselves singly in the outfield.”

“They arrived in the wide clearing where once, a long time ago, […] horsemen had assembled with pack⟳ hounds milling around their mounts’ legs […]”

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