otterhound in English
noun
1
a large dog of a breed with a long rough coat, used in otter hunting.
Some people who write about otterhounds claim that the breed ‘was first mentioned in about 1175 during the reign of Henry II,’ but they invariably fail to mention where this mention occurred.
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1. The Otterhound is amiable, boisterous and even - tempered.
2. Working-class people created the Airedale Terrier dog by crossing the old English rough-coated Black and Tan Terrier with the Otterhound and an assortment of other breeds.