Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Plural form of
foxhound .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word foxhounds.
Examples
-
"You never call foxhounds '_dogs_'!" said Christian, still with hauteur; "Larry, you _are_ an owl!"
Mount Music Martin Ross 1888
-
Daniella Zalcman for The Wall Street Journal A horn to guide the hounds He slid open the door and out spilled a pack of foxhounds, like a fuzzy, barking liquid pouring onto the grass.
More British Than Britain Joshua Robinson 2011
-
The group represents 174 packs of foxhounds that hunt in England, Wales and an additional 10 in Scotland, and maintains a strict list of rules and codes of conduct (which the site notes do not apply while the hunting ban is in force).
-
The group represents 174 packs of foxhounds that hunt in England, Wales and an additional 10 in Scotland, and maintains a strict list of rules and codes of conduct (which the site notes do not apply while the hunting ban is in force).
-
This ability was improved further when Fairfax imported a pack of foxhounds, and Washington developed a passion for foxhunting.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
-
He listens through the country silence for what he called "an eerie kind of music," the sound of foxhounds speaking to the huntsman.
More British Than Britain Joshua Robinson 2011
-
In their home at Lael Farm near West Grove, Pa., the Jacksons have a lithograph of a 19th-century French nobleman's six foxhounds.
Siblings carry Barbaro's legacy, capture imagination of fans 2009
-
This ability was improved further when Fairfax imported a pack of foxhounds, and Washington developed a passion for foxhunting.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
-
A large, central image depicts two English foxhounds and two vendeens: Margano, Sereno, Lentenor and Nicanor.
Archive 2009-12-01 2009
-
This ability was improved further when Fairfax imported a pack of foxhounds, and Washington developed a passion for foxhunting.
George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.