foxhound betydelse and definition

Exempel på foxhound

• His right hand is as delicate an organ as a foxhound's nose. 

• Off in the woods a mile away sounded the deep, mellow tones of two foxhounds. 

• Six foxhounds burst out at once upon the little heath, with a cry resembling the noise of a triumph. 

• The baying of hounds, as if in 'full cry,' sounded closer and closer, and suddenly, out of the shadow of some trees, a number of foxhounds, running at full speed, appeared in the clear light of the moon. 

• When we descended I followed Holmes into the stable yard, where he opened the door of a loose-box and led out a squat, lop-eared, white-and-tan dog, something between a beagle and a foxhound. 

• It is true that a master of foxhounds is supposed to be able to stop his hounds running riot.

• For every pack of drag hounds throughout the country, there are about eight packs of foxhounds.

• Why do foxhounds and beagles need that winding-up period, but not the sport of coursing?