covert hound

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covert hound

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From covert (“brush, undergrowth”).

noun covert hounds · covert-hound · coverthound

a staghound or buckhound, a dog for coursing deer, particularly the Welsh gellgi breed ancestral to the Welsh Sheepdog and Australian Shepherd In the Welsh laws of Howel Dda (who died 948), the King's buckhound or covert-hound is valued at a pound. — William Drury, British Dogs, Their Points, Selection, and Show Preparation (1903)

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@misc{covert_hound_2026,
  title = {covert hound},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/covert%20hound},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}