noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Barking or baying of dogs at their prey. obsolete, uncountable

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English abay, a-bay, from Old French abai, aboi, abay (“barking”), from the verb abayer.

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