staghound in English

noun
1
a large dog of a breed used for hunting deer by sight or scent.
In fact I think for every 77 healthy deer killed by the staghounds every year, there are a further 18.5 killed on hunting days and 45.5 casualties on call out days, plus a further 37.2 dead on arrivals.

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2. Buckhound definition: a hound , smaller than a staghound , used for hunting the smaller breeds of deer , esp Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

3. ‘Thus, we have the Buckhound, deerhound, foxhound, and staghound.’ ‘The Buckhounds never killed many deer, but they dispersed the deer population throughout the forest.’ ‘So what did Capt Browne do with the ‘several horses’ of the Duke of Richmond (to say nothing of the Buckhound)?’

4. The Master of the Buckhounds (or Master of the Hounds) was an officer in the Master of the Horse's department of the British Royal Household.The holder was also His/Her Majesty's Representative at Ascot.The role was to oversee a hunting pack; a Buckhound is smaller than a staghound and used for coursing the smaller breeds of deer, especially fallow deer.