What does "gazehound" mean?

Synonym of sighthound (“a hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance”).

What is a synonym for "gazehound"?

Common synonyms include: sighthound, sighthound.

Gazehound

//ˈɡeɪzhaʊnd// noun

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Noun

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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."

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sighthound sighthound

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"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."

Etymology

PIE word *ḱwṓ From gaze (noun) + hound.

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