gazehound

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gazehound

/ˈɡeɪzhaʊnd/ UK
/ˈɡeɪzˌhaʊnd/ US

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*ḱwṓ

From gaze (noun) + hound.

noun gazehounds · gaze-hound

Synonym of sighthound (“a hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance”). And foresters, in green-wood trim, / Lead in the leash the gaze-hounds grim, / Attentive, as the bratchet's bay / From the dark covert drove the prey, / To slip them as he broke away.
Similar: sighthound

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@misc{gazehound_2026,
  title = {gazehound},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gazehound},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}