Brittany

Inherited from Middle English Bretany, Brytany, itself borrowed from Medieval Latin Britannia, applied to Brittany from at least the 6th century, and reinforced by Middle French Bretagne. See Britannia for more. Doublet of Britain and Britannia.

- - - No one has family names. These girls with rooster hair I see on the streets. They pick the names. They're the mothers." "I have a granddaughter named Brittany," Hazel said. " And I have heard of a little girl called Cappuccino." "Cappuccino! Is that true? Why don't they call one Cassaulet? Fettuccini? Alsace-Lorraine?"

1990, Alice Munro, Friend of My Youth, →ISBN, page 102:

Names of the times. Borrowed from soap opera characters of prominence fifteen years ago, who have since been replaced by spiffy new models: the social-climbing Brittany now an unscrupulous Burke, the generous Pamela a refitted, urbanized Parker.

1999, Andrew Pyper, chapter 10, in Lost Girls:

A female given name transferred from the place name, of 1980s and 1990s American usage.


hound

en-verb

hound (third-person singular simple present hounds, present participle hounding, simple past and past participle hounded)

hounds (present singular third-person)
hounding (participle present)
hounded (participle past)
hounded (past)

From Middle English hounden, from the noun (see above).

We both thought we saw what had the appearance to be a fox, and hounded the dogs at it, but they would not pursue it.

1897, Andrew Lang, The Book of Dreams and Ghosts, page 162:

(transitive) To urge on against; to set (dogs) upon in hunting.


pointer

From point + -er (agent noun suffix) or + -er (measurement suffix) (sense 10).

күрһәткес

anything that points or is used for pointing

Anything that points or is used for pointing.

A teacher's pointer, pointing stick, a rod with an arrow.

Most of the early wirehaired pointers represented a combination of Griffon, Stichelhaar, Pudelpointer, and German Shorthair. The Pudelpointer was a cross between a Poodle dog and an English Pointer bitch; the Griffon and the Stichelhaar were composed of Pointer, Foxhound, Pudelpointer, and a Polish water dog.

2007, American Kennel Club, The Complete Dog Book, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 30:

(hunting) A breed of hunting dog, trained to point out game.

The system notifies the user of the progress of a task by changing the appearance of the pointer. System-busy pointers usually adopt a timepiece metaphor.

1995, Aaron Marcus, Nick Smilonich, Lynne Thompson, The Cross-GUI Handbook, Addison-Wesley, →ISBN, page 231:

graphical user interface
graphical user interface

(graphical user interface) An icon that indicates the position of the pointing device, such as a mouse.


dachshund

en-noun

dachshund (plural dachshunds or dachshunde)

From German Dachshund (“badger dog”); Dachs (“badger”) + Hund (“dog”).

Say what you will of dachshunds, their peculiar shape makes them the easiest breed of dog to trip over in existence.

1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XVI, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:

We had decided to take a small dog for the children and we chose a tan, short-haired, six-week-old male dachshund. We named him Fritz.

2006, Ted Freeman, Doctor in Vanuatu, Suva, Fiji: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific, →ISBN, page 35:

dashhound

spelling from a nonstandard pronunciation

A certain breed of dog having short legs and a long trunk, including standard-sized, miniature (smooth-haired, long-haired, and short-haired) varieties.


beagle

From Middle English *begel (begles (plural)), of uncertain origin. Possibly a corruption of Middle English bedel (“beadle”) in the sense of "constable, detective" (for change of d compare Middle English bugge from Old English budda; Middle English -inge from -inde; etc.); or alternatively from Middle French beegueule (“one who keeps their mouth open”), whence modern French bégueule (“a colloquial insult said to women of low status and accused of stupidity, who always have their mouths gaped or open; a prude”); from Old French beer, bayer (“to gape, gawk”) + Old French gueule (“gullet”). The modern French bigle (“beagle”) however is a borrowing from the English.

ncog

A small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares. Its friendly disposition makes it suitable as a family pet.

зайчар

small short-legged smooth-coated scenthound, often tricolored and sometimes used for hunting hares or as a family pet


fox terrier

One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.

1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, pages 46–47:

After our fox-terrier had killed several of the Stationmaster's chickens and a peace offering had been made by my father in the form of cigars, I found that the way had been made clear for me to visit the junction box, and what a thrill it was.

1948 March and April, 'Aella', “First Steps in a Railway Career”, in Railway Magazine, page 91:

Either of two breeds of dog (the smooth fox terrier and the wire fox terrier) bred for fox hunting.


poodle

From German Pudel, a shortened form of Pudelhund, a compound of Hund (“dog”) and the German Low German term Pudel, Pūdel (“puddle”), from the onomatopoeic term pudeln (“to splash about”).

Unnamed Vato 1: Maybe I do have more issues than a magazine stand, but all those magazines are puro fancy. I never wanted to be a vato. I just want to groom and train poodles.
Mocho: I secretly groom and train poodles.
Chalaza: Are you guys messing with me? Whenever you turn your back, I secretly groom and train poodles. Watch. Turn your back. I'm doing it. I'm doing it!
Unnamed Vato 1: I can't see. My back is turned.

2007, Xavier: Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 2:

A breed of dog originating in Europe as hunting dogs, and having heavy, curly coat in a solid color; their shoulder height indicates their classification as standard, medium, miniature, or toy.


Great Dane

A mastiff known for its great size, bred in Germany to hunt boar and large game.


labrador

Named after Labrador Peninsula in Canada where the breed was developed.


cocker spaniel

American cocker spaniel
American cocker spaniel

English cocker spaniel
English cocker spaniel

Either of two breeds of dog, the American cocker spaniel and the English cocker spaniel.


bloodhound

Inherited from Middle English blodhound, blodhond; equivalent to blood + hound. Cognate with Dutch bloedhond (“bloodhound”), Middle Low German blōthunt (“bloodhound”), German Bluthund (“bloodhound”), Danish blodhund (“bloodhound”), Swedish blodhund (“bloodhound”). The detective sense follows from the dog's ability to follow a trail.

cog

Someone stole our bloodhounds, but we got the backup bloodhounds to chase the first tier of bloodhounds.

2007, Xavier: Renegade Angel, season 1, episode 4, spoken by Police Officer:

A large scenthound famed for its ability to follow a scent many days old, over vast distances. This dog is often used as a police dog to track missing people, fleeing suspects, or escaped prisoners.


brachet

From Middle English brachet, from Old French brachet, a diminutive of Old Occitan brac, from Frankish.

Ryght so as they sat ther came rennyng in a whyte hert in to the halle and a whyte brachet next hym and xxx couple of black rennyng houndes cam after with a greete crye

1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter V, in Le Morte Darthur, book III (in Middle English):

Right so as they sat, there came running a white hart into the hall, and a white brachet next to him, and sixty black hounds came running after with a great cry

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.

1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Introduction to Canto Second: To the Rev. John Marriot, M.A.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, page 61:

I followed it as well as I could, I who have so often boasted of my memory now sniffing along for what seemed a league at least like a brachet and ready almost to yelp for joy at the thought of a place I knew, after so much emptiness, silence, and blackness.

1987, Gene Wolfe, chapter VI, in The Urth of the New Sun, 1st US edition, New York: Tor Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 38:

(obsolete) A female hunting hound that hunts by scent; a brach.


whippet

From whipped cream, since "whippits" are typically sold in the United States for use in making whipped cream.

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-whippet.wav

I was smoking hash from under glasses, sniffing glue, doing whippets, popping speed, smoking pot, dropping acid, and occasionally shooting dope.

2004, Sandra P. Riggin, Forbidden Memories: A Journey of Healing, →ISBN:

(slang) A cartridge of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), used as a recreational inhalant drug.


hound dog

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time.
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Cryin' all the time.
Well, you ain't never caught a rabbit
And you ain't no friend of mine.

1956, “Hound Dog”, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller (revised by Elvis Presley) (lyrics), performed by Elvis Presley:

(Southern US, dialectal) Any hound, especially the bloodhound.


Jack Russell terrier

en-noun

Jack Russell terrier (plural Jack Russell terriers)

A type of small dog, usually brown and white in color, often used by farmers for rodent control.


gun dog

Any of various breeds of dog used by hunters to find, flush out and retrieve birds and other game; an individual of such a breed.


retriever

A type of gun dog that retrieves game for a hunter.


greyhound

From Old English grīġhund, from a cognate or borrowing of Old Norse grøy (“bitch”) (whence Icelandic grey, thus not related to the colour grey) plus hund (“hound”). Altered by folk etymology to appear to be grey + hound.

Her young heart was full of love; and a world of kindly feelings were wasted on her delicate greyhound, her bright winged birds, and her favourite flowers.

1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 127:

A lean breed of dog used in hunting and racing.


bird dog

en-verb

bird dog (third-person singular simple present bird dogs, present participle bird dogging, simple past and past participle bird dogged)

bird dogs (present singular third-person)
bird dogging (participle present)
bird dogged (participle past)
bird dogged (past)


elkhound

Norwegian Elkhound, a breed of dog from Norway for hunting elk (US: moose).


borzoi

Borrowed from Russian борзо́й (borzój), from бо́рзый (bórzyj, “swift”), from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus (whence English brief, brace and merry).

Pia loves Rob, she had written it with her lipstick on the walls of the vespasienne in the Rue Colombe, waiting for him to finish, holding her pampered borzoi on the leash.

1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 171:

A dog of a particular breed, similar in shape to a greyhound but with longer silkier hair.


Azawakh

A sighthound bred in Western Africa around Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso.


Golden Retriever

en-noun

Golden Retriever (plural Golden Retrievers)


American cocker spaniel

American cocker spaniel (plural American cocker spaniels)

A sporting dog of a breed ranging between 18 and 30 lbs., originally bred in Britain as the English cocker spaniel for the sport of cocking, or bird hunting. Breed divided by colors: black, sable, parti, tri, and ASCOB.


pit bull terrier

pit bull terrier (plural pit bull terriers)

A medium-sized dog historically bred for dogfighting.


Yorkshire Terrier

Yorkshire Terrier (plural Yorkshire Terriers)

/ˈjɔː(ɹ)kʃɪə(ɹ)ˈtɛɹɪə(ɹ)/

A breed of toy dog having a long, glossy coat.


pig dog

In Sense 2, a calque of German Schweinehund. Taj Burrow offers two (perhaps fanciful) explanations for Sense 3: that surfers tend to assume a dog-like expression when in this stance (page 119) or that the stance is low and sturdy like a dog (glossary page 171).

The pig-dogs are of rather a mongrel breed, partaking largely of the bull-dog, but mixed with the cross of mastiff and greyhound, which forms the New South Wales kangaroo-dog.

1908, Edward Jerningham Wakefield, Robert Stout, Adventure in New Zealand from 1839 to 1844, published 2010, page 350:

1961, Royal Society of New Zealand, Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand: Zoology, Volume 2, page 221,
Pig dogs have a have a particularly high incidence of E. granulosus and T. hydatigena compared with infections in farm gogs and [this] may be related to the eating of infected sheep carrion rather than wild pigs.

These so-called ‘pig dogs’ chase after the wild pigs, often through rough terrain, and bring them down so that the following hunter can shoot the quarry. There is normally more than one dog involved in the hunt. The pig dogs tend to be powerful crossbreds with Great Dane, Bull Mastiff and/or Pit Bull Terrier blood and sometimes with a dash of Irish Wolfhound or Scottish Deerhound to give them more speed and height.

2009, Jane Duckworth, Not Every Dog Has His Day: The Treatment of Dogs in Australia, page 162:

2009, Evan McHugh, Birdsville, Penguin Group, EasyRead Large Edition, page 139,
Zeus was Ben′s pig dog, an Irish wolfhound crossed with other breeds of hunting dog.

(Australia, New Zealand) A dog bred to hunt wild pigs, typically based on breeds such as Staffordshire Terrier and English Bull Terrier.


Jack Russell

From the Reverend Jack Russell (1795–1883) who developed the breed in the early 19th century.

A breed of terrier dog, usually white with brown patches and commonly found domesticated and kept as pets.


basset hound

From French basset (“basset hound”), nominalization of Old French adjective basset (“short-legged”), from bas (“short, low”).

A shortlegged breed of dog of the hound family.

巴吉度獵犬

short-legged breed of dog of the hound family


springer spaniel

springer spaniel (plural springer spaniels)

A dog of either of two different breeds (the English springer spaniel and the Welsh springer spaniel).


King Charles spaniel

King Charles spaniel (plural King Charles spaniels)

First brought into notice by King Charles II.

A breed of toy dog originating from England.


Airedale Terrier

Airedale Terrier (plural Airedale Terriers)


coonhound

(countable) Any of several American breeds of dog originally used in hunting raccoons.


cynegetic

en-adj

cynegetic (comparative more cynegetic, superlative most cynegetic)

more cynegetic (comparative)
most cynegetic (superlative)

/ˌsɪniːˈd͡ʒɛtɪk/

PIE word
 *ḱwṓ
Borrowed from Greek κυνηγετικός (kynigetikós, “of or relating to hunting”). Κυνηγετικός (Kynigetikós) is inherited from Ancient Greek κῠνηγετῐκός (kunēgetikós), from κυνηγέτης (kunēgétēs, “hunter”) + -ῐκός (-ikós, suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives); and κυνηγέτης (kunēgétēs) from κύων (kúōn, “dog”) (from Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓ (“dog”)) + ἡγέτης (hēgétēs, “leader”) (ultimately from ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to lead”), possibly from ᾰ̓́γω (ágō, “to guide; to lead”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”) or *seh₂g- (“to seek out”)).

ref

From the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

bor

Hail Oppian, prime of cynegetic race, / From Maro [i.e., Virgil] dovvn to him vvho ſounds the Chace: […]

1763, James Elphinston, “Book the Third”, in Education, in Four Books, London: […] P[aul] Vaillant, […]; W[illiam] Owen, […]; and J. Richardson, […], →OCLC, page 88, lines 430–431:

Give me the hippic—the philippic taste, / All else a wilderness, and man a waste; / Give me the turf, and cynegetic sport, / The zeal, the jealousy, and zest of court; […]

1836, The Tribunal of Manners, a Satyricon, London: J[ames] Ridgway and Sons, […], →OCLC, page 58:

The Roman authors, especially the cynegetic poets, have given descriptions of the different British dogs; the Scotch terrier is accurately described by Oppian; and Irish wolf dogs were brought to Rome about the fourth century.

1836 November 9, John Scouler, “Remarks on the Natural History of the Fossil Elk”, in Journal of the Geological Society of Dublin, volume I, number [III], Dublin: […] P[hilip] Dixon Hardy [for the Geological Society of Dublin], […], published 1838, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 200:

But as there are no lions, wolves, nor wild boars in Great Britain, he [the poet James Thomson] admonishes the British youth to indulge their cynegetic propensities in the fox-chase, which he describes con amore [with love].

1838, William H[amilton] Drummond, “Man’s Right to Hunting and Fishing”, in The Rights of Animals, and Man’s Obligation to Treat Them with Humanity, London: John Mardon, […]; Smallfield and Son, and Green, […]; Dublin: Hodges and Smith, →OCLC, page 36:

"Come, Diana [a dog]," said he; "come, my girl! thou whose destiny will be marked in the cynegetic annals; […] thou who art rushing into interplanetary space, and wilt perhaps be the Eve of all Selenite dogs! come, Diana, come here."

1873, Jules Verne, “Round the Moon: A Sequel to From the Earth to the Moon. Chapter III. Their Place of Shelter.”, in Louis Mercier [i.e., Lewis Page Mercier], Eleanor E[lizabeth] King, transl., From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Round It. […], New York, N.Y.: Scribner, Armstrong & Company, published 1874, →OCLC, page 170:

The cynegetic life is authentic because it is close to the philosophical center of human life. It constantly contrasts two central mysteries: the nature of the animal and of death. These are brought together in hunting.

1973, Paul Shepard, “Hunting as a Way of Life”, in The Tender Carnivore and the Sacred Game, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →ISBN, page 259:

In the Sophist, Plato emphasizes the fact that hunting cannot be reduced to tracking wild animals. Among the different branches of the cynegetic art there is also an art of manhunting, which is in turn subdivided into several categories: "Let us define piracy, manstealing, tyranny, the whole military art, by one name, as hunting with violence."

2012, Grégoire Chamayou, “The Hunt for Bipedal Cattle”, in Steven Rendall, transl., Manhunts: A Philosophical History, Princeton, N.J.; Woodstock, Oxfordshire: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 5:

(hunting, rare) Of or relating to hunting (especially with dogs).


cynegetics

PIE word
 *ḱwṓ
From cynegetic + -s (suffix forming pluralia tantum).

affix

(hunting, obsolete) Hunting (especially with dogs).


laika

From Russian ла́йка (lájka, “laika”, literally “barker”).

bor

Q—The Russians picked a laika to occupy the space capsule. Do you think a dachshund would have been a wiser choice?

1957, The New Yorker, volume 33, page 54:

Indeed, they have been hybridising for a very long time, as is evidenced by the laika, a wolf-like dog that even today accompanies various Siberian peoples.

2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 287:


cairn terrier

A terrier of one of the oldest breeds, originating in the Scottish Highlands.


sighthound

Coordinate term: scent hound

A hound that primarily hunts by sight and speed, instead of by scent and endurance.


gazehound

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

Coordinate term: scent hound

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.

1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Introduction to Canto Second: To the Rev. John Marriot, M.A.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, […]; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, page 61:

I entered the house with some wrath upon me at seeing the gazehounds in the yard; for it seems a cruel thing to me to harass the birds in the breeding-time.

1869, R[ichard] D[oddridge] Blackmore, chapter XXII, in Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor. […], volume I, London: Sampson Low, Son, & Marston, […], →OCLC, page 250:

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


Saluki

(cynology) An ancient sighthound breed of dog with a silky coat originating in the Middle East, once sacred to the Egyptians.


Lithuanian Hound

en-noun

Lithuanian Hound (plural Lithuanian Hounds)

A large, powerful scenthound originating in Lithuania.


Portuguese Water Dog

Portuguese Water Dog (plural Portuguese Water Dogs)

/ˌpɔːtʃəɡiːz ˈwɔːtə dɒɡ/

/ˌpɔɹtʃəɡiːz ˈwɔtɚ dɔɡ/

A water spaniel breed of gun dog originating in Portugal.


water dog

A retriever type of gun dog bred to flush and retrieve game from water.


Hungarian hound

Hungarian hound (plural Hungarian hounds)

A breed of hunting dog originating in Hungary.


Spanish Water Dog

Spanish Water Dog (plural Spanish Water Dogs)

/ˌspænɪʃ ˈwɔːtə dɒɡ/

/ˌspænɪʃ ˈwɔtɚ dɔɡ/

A herding water dog originating in Spain.


Labrador retriever

Labrador retriever (plural Labrador retrievers)

A dog of a medium to large breed, popular as guide dogs and in other service.


Bulgarian Hound

Bulgarian Hound (plural Bulgarian Hounds)

A breed of scenthound originating in Bulgaria.


Large Münsterländer

Large Münsterländer (plural Large Münsterländers)

A gun dog of a breed originating in Münster, Germany.


Rhodesian Ridgeback

Rhodesian Ridgeback (plural Rhodesian Ridgebacks)

Named for the ridge of hair along the spine that grows toward the dog's front.

The house is still there […] . And guarded by a pair of Rhodesian ridgebacks.

2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 117

A dog of a kind bred in southern Africa to hunt lions.


Afghan Hound

A sighthound bred in Afghanistan to hunt hare and gazelle.


Spinone Italiano

Spinone Italiano (plural Spinoni Italiani)

A versatile pointing gun dog bred in Italy.


Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen

Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen (plural Petits Bassets Griffons Vendéens)

Petits Bassets Griffons Vendéens (plural)


Thai Ridgeback

A sighthound bred in what is now Thailand.


toy fox terrier

toy fox terrier (plural toy fox terriers)

A toy terrier bred from the fox terrier and several toy breeds in the United States.


Irish wolfhound

Irish wolfhound (plural Irish wolfhounds)

The Irish wolfhound is the official mascot of The Irish Guards and The Royal Irish Regiment.

The largest sighthound and tallest dog on average, bred in Ireland to hunt wolves


Cirneco dell'Etna

Cirneco dell'Etna (plural Cirnechi dell'Etna)


foxie

He was a spare fellow, eager as a foxie, with the remains of a good profile and some remnants of grey curl.

1979, Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, Nelson, page 21:


Scottish Deerhound

Scottish Deerhound (plural Scottish Deerhounds)

A large sighthound bred in Scotland to hunt deer.


flattie

Flat-coated Retriever
Flat-coated Retriever


drever

A short-legged scenthound of a Swedish breed.


Russian Wolfhound

Russian Wolfhound (plural Russian Wolfhounds)


bull terrier

A medium-sized dog of a breed that is a cross between bulldog and terrier.


Sealyham terrier

Sealyham terrier (plural Sealyham terriers)


Dandie Dinmont

Named after a character in Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott.

A terrier of a small Scottish breed with long body, short legs, and a distinctive "topknot" of hair on the head.


Clumber spaniel

Clumber spaniel (plural Clumber spaniels)

Named from the estate of the Duke of Newcastle.

A spaniel of a British breed, with short legs and stout body, which, unlike other spaniels, hunts silently.


Skye terrier

The purest dogs of the breed were once found on the Isle of Skye.


water spaniel

Shee hath more qualities then a Water-Spaniell, […] Shee can fetch and carry: why a horſe can doe no more; nay, a horſe cannot fetch, but onely carry, therefore is ſhee better then a Iade.

c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i], page 30, column 2:

A large breed of spaniel used in hunting waterfowl.


harehound

One of a small breed of dogs used for hunting hares.


Irish setter

/ˈaɪɹɪʃ ˈsɛt.ə/

A breed of gun dog with a moderately long coat of a red or chestnut color.


covert hound

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)

a staghound or buckhound, a dog for coursing deer, particularly the Welsh gellgi breed ancestral to the Welsh Sheepdog and Australian Shepherd


that dog won't hunt

Apparently originating from the southern United States, the phrase may refer to a hunting dog that refuses to do its job.

‘If the’ ain’t no fools, the’ ain’t no fun,’ said usually in self-derision; and ‘That old dog won't hunt,’ meaning that an excuse offered will not serve. These and the numerous specimens which follow have simply been grouped by the present writer under the heading of Miscellaneous, explanations being made only when the meaning is not clearly evident.

[1939 December, Paul Brewster, “Folk ‘Sayings’ from Indiana”, in American Speech: A Quarterly of Linguistic Usage, volume XIV, [Tuscaloosa, Ala.]: Published by the University of Alabama Press for the American Dialect Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 266:

"Calling her house help Mr. and Mrs. just won't get it! That old dog won't hunt," Oman had confided. / "I know, but let her discover it herself," Steve had said.]

[1965, Jesse Hill Ford, The Liberation of Lord Byron Jones, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, OCLC 291992; republished as The Liberation of L. B. Jones (Signet Novel; Y4209), New York, N.Y.: New American Library, 1967, OCLC 29459320, page 41

On the [Arthur] Goldberg proposal to stop all the bombing, [Ellsworth] Bunker "came back strong and said, 'I just can't. That dog won't hunt. We just cannot get that over, it would just blow everything.'[…]"

1970 February 7, “Rusk advocated halt of bombing: LBJ says in interview”, in Sarasota Herald-Tribune, page 3A, column 1:

If, as is more likely, Mr. [Ronald] Reagan's plan is just a ploy to win votes for renewed military aid to the C.I.A.-organized and C.I.A.-controlled contras in Nicaragua, a Congress burned once too often should be able to see right through it. Either way, as Lyndon Johnson used to say of losing propositions, "That dog won't hunt."

1987 August 6, Tom Wicker, “In the nation: That dog won't hunt”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 2015-05-24:

(US) That idea will not work; that is an inadequate explanation or proposition.


Otterhound

From otter + hound, as once used for hunting otters.

A dog of a particular breed of scent hound, originating in Britain.


Bavarian mountain hound

Bavarian mountain hound (plural Bavarian mountain hounds)


Bedlington terrier

Bedlington terrier (plural Bedlington terriers)

Named after the mining town of Bedlington, Northumberland in North East England.

A small terrier of a breed resembling lambs.


Clydesdale terrier

Clydesdale terrier (plural Clydesdale terriers)

One of a breed of small silky-haired terriers related to, but smaller than, the Skye terrier, having smaller and perfectly erect ears.


Blenheim

Battle of Blenheim
Höchstädt an der Donau

The house was named to commemorate the Allied victory at the 1704 Battle of Blindheim (near Höchstädt an der Donau in Bavaria). Other places are named after the house, often with an association to the Duchy of Marlborough.

West Oxfordshire
West Oxfordshire#English

A civil parish (without a council) west of Woodstock, West Oxfordshire district, Oxfordshire.

A small inner city area of Leeds, West Yorkshire.

Schoharie County
Schoharie County#English

A small town in Schoharie County, New York.

A small town in Marlboro County, South Carolina.

Albemarle County
Albemarle County#English

An unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia.


lundehund

From Norwegian lundehund, compound of lunde (“puffin”) and hund (“dog”).

a spitz dog originating in Norway, traditionally used for hunting puffin.


that old dog won't hunt

that dog won't hunt
that dog won't hunt#English


kaffir dog

Did she see a half-starved Kaffir dog look in at her kitchen door or crawl trembling towards the dresser, it was not "Furtseck," or "Get out," that she would cry, but "What a shame to starve that poor thing so!" and a piece of bread or meat was sure to be offered.

1882, Sarah Heckford, A Lady Trader in the Transvaal, page 61:

A stray kaffir dog, his skeleton showing clear through tight skin, lay in the pit of blue shade outside the veranda.

1954, Doris Lessing, A Proper Marriage, HarperPerennial, published 1995, page 276:

A type of hunting dog used by indigenous peoples in parts of southern Africa; (loosely), a mongrel dog.


German Spaniel

A hunting dog of a breed developed in Germany around 1890, having a sturdy build and a brown coat with occasional white markings.


Sussex spaniel

The breed was developed in Sussex, England.

A spaniel of a particular low, compact breed having a distinctive golden liver-coloured coat.


kangaroo dog

A good dog of this kind is valuable; but we meet with so many cross-bred mongrels, that half the dogs which are called kangaroo-hounds are hardly worth their keep; and I do think a lazy, half-starved, good-for-nothing kangaroo-dog is the biggest loafer one can see about a tent.

1861, Horace William Wheelwright, Bush Wanderings of a Naturalist:

He was as concerned as a rabbit when it is cornered by a kangaroo dog.

1986, Bruce Pascoe, “The Slaughters of the Bulumwaal Butcher”, in Heiss & Minter, editor, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin, published 2008, page 103:

(Australia) A dog used to hunt kangaroos; (specifically), a breed of dog for this purpose, developed in Australia from the Scottish deerhound and the greyhound.


English cocker spaniel

English cocker spaniel (plural English cocker spaniels)

A gun dog of a breed, for the sport of cocking, or bird hunting.


American Water Spaniel

American Water Spaniel (plural American Water Spaniels)

A breed of medium-sized spaniel with a double-layered coat in various shades of brown, which originated in the United States.


Braque du Bourbonnais

Braque du Bourbonnais (plural Braque du Bourbonnaises)

A breed of gundog, of rustic appearance, sometimes born with a short tail, with a coat ticked with liver, fawn, or white color.


Drentsche Patrijshond

Drentsche Patrijshond (plural Drentsche Patrijshonds)

A versatile spaniel-type hunting dog from the Dutch province of Drenthe.


Jagdterrier

From German Jagdterrier, from Jagd (“hunt, hunting”) + Terrier (“terrier”).

A type of working terrier, originating in Germany, that is used for hunting quarry both above and underground.


Teddy Roosevelt Terrier

Teddy Roosevelt Terrier (plural Teddy Roosevelt Terriers)

When the types of Rat Terrier were separated by the Rat Terrier Club of America, the short-legged variety was named in honor of Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt (1858–1919), although he never owned Rat Terriers nor was he instrumental in developing the Teddy Roosevelt Terrier. The dog most attributed to being one of the foundations for the Rat Terriers was a black-and-tan, mixed-breed, feist-type dog owned by the Roosevelts.

A small to medium-sized American hunting terrier.


Ormskirk terrier

Ormskirk terrier (plural Ormskirk terriers)

Lancashire Heeler
Lancashire Heeler#English


Flat-coated Retriever

Flat-coated Retriever (plural Flat-coated Retrievers)

A gundog breed originating from England.


Picardy Spaniel

Picardy Spaniel (plural Picardy Spaniels)

Blue Pircardy Spaniel
Blue Picardy Spaniel#Noun

A breed of dog developed in France for use as a gundog related to the Blue Pircardy Spaniel.


French Spaniel

A breed of dog of the Spaniel-like setter. It was developed in France and Canada as a hunting dog, descended from dogs of the 14th century.


Boykin Spaniel

South Carolina
South Carolina#Proper noun

A medium-sized breed of dog, a spaniel bred for hunting wild turkeys and ducks in the Wateree River Swamp of South Carolina, in the United States.


Pudelpointer

A versatile hunting dog breed from Germany.


rat terrier

In a few moments he returned and introduced an individual of about his own age, who seemed to be a cross between a rat terrier and a bull-dog, so exactly blended in his countenance and general appearance were the evidences of cunningness, activity and ferocious strength.

1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 19:

An American dog breed with a background as a farm dog and hunting companion.


Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever (plural Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers)

Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retrievers (plural)

A medium-sized gundog bred primarily for hunting.


Slovensky Kopov

Slovensky Kopov (plural Slovensky Kopovs)

A medium-sized breed of hunting dog of the scenthound type.


West Highland White Terrier

West Highland White Terrier (plural West Highland White Terriers)

A breed of dog from Scotland with a distinctive white harsh coat / pelage with a somewhat soft white undercoat.


Wirehaired Pointing Griffon

Wirehaired Pointing Griffon (plural Wirehaired Pointing Griffons)

A breed of dog used in hunting as a gundog.


Pont-Audemer Spaniel

Pont-Audemer Spaniel (plural Pont-Audemer Spaniels)


Welsh terrier

A sturdy, compact kind of terrier from Wales, with tan head, legs and underbelly and a black or sometimes grizzle saddle; females are sometimes a simple darker tan all over.


German Wirehaired Pointer

German Wirehaired Pointer (plural German Wirehaired Pointers)

A medium to large-sized griffon-type breed of dog developed in the 19th century in Germany for versatile hunting.


Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier

Soft-coated Wheaten Terrier (plural Soft-coated Wheaten Terriers)

A kind of pure-breed terrier originating from Ireland.


Cavalier King Charles Spaniel

Cavalier King Charles Spaniel (plural Cavalier King Charles Spaniels)

A small breed of spaniel having a flat head, short muzzle, long ears, and long silky coat of various colors.


German Shorthaired Pointer

German Shorthaired Pointer (plural German Shorthaired Pointers)

A breed of gundog of German origin that has a liver or liver and white short coat.


Italian sighthound

Italian sighthound (plural Italian sighthounds)

Italian greyhound
Italian greyhound#English


Irish water spaniel

Irish water spaniel (plural Irish water spaniels)

A spaniel of the tallest breed, a sturdy, cobby dog native to Ireland, with a densely curled coat of a liver or puce color.


Italian greyhound

Italian greyhound (plural Italian greyhounds)