deerhound

IPA: dˈɪrhaʊnd

a dog, rather like a large greyhound, originally bred in Scotland for hunting deer

Examples of "deerhound" in Sentences

They also currently have 11 Scottish deerhound mixes listed on their site.
Third, Sir Walter Scott got it crack-on when he called the deerhound ‘the most perfect creature of heaven.’
Scottish deerhound Hickory poses with handler Angela Lloyd, right, and judge Paolo Dondina after Hickory won Best in Show.
Hickory, a Scottish deerhound from Warrenton, Va., has won the 'Best of Show' title at the Westminster Kennel Club competition.
There was a Scottish deerhound at the next booth, which was totally fascinated by The Jeff's facial hair and wanted to nibble it.
The Virginia-bred Scottish deerhound surprised dog watchers at the show when she was picked from a crowd of seven dogs for the top spot.
The deerhound is a dog of marvellous swiftness, and, like an arrow from the bow, Fleetfoot shot across the open space and gained the wood.
This uptick probably will happen to the Scottish deerhound, a relatively unknown breed, after Hickory took home the Westminster Best in Show on Tuesday night.
But supposing I had never met any specimen of the canine race but a King Charles spaniel, and on seeing a Scotch deerhound in the possession of a friend was told that the man had a 'dog:' I should be justified in doubting whether the deerhound was a dog at all in the sense in which the tiny spaniel -- the only dog I had ever seen -- represented the canine race in my mind and experience.