Definition of Gazelle hound

1. Noun. Old breed of tall swift keen-eyed hunting dogs resembling greyhounds; from Egypt and southwestern Asia.

Exact synonyms: Saluki
Generic synonyms: Hound, Hound Dog

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gazelle Hound

gaze paretic nystagmus
gazebo
gazeboes
gazebolike
gazebos
gazed
gazee
gazees
gazeful
gazehound
gazehounds
gazeka
gazel
gazeless
gazelle
gazelle hound (current term)
gazelle in the garden
gazelle on the lawn
gazellelike
gazelles
gazement
gazements
gazer
gazers
gazes
gazeth
gazets
gazette
gazetted

Literary usage of Gazelle hound

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Great Sahara: Wanderings South of the Atlas Mountains by Henry Baker Tristram (1860)
"After a couple of hours a fine gazelle-hound comes bounding towards us, ... The gazelle-hound appears to be the African representative of the Scotch ..."

2. Domestic Life in Palestine by Mary Eliza Rogers (1865)
"Our Egyptian groom had charge of a beautiful Syrian gazelle-hound which had been given to my brother. We rode down into the valley and along a level road ..."

3. Syrian Stone-lore by Claude Reignier Conder (1886)
"... and the passion for romances and wonderful legends was insatiable. In time of peace the chase supplied excitement. The falcon, the gazelle-hound, ..."

4. Through Egypt in War-time by Martin Shaw Briggs (1918)
"The native greyhound is very shy, and is known as a " gazelle-hound." Life in Sollum to-day is even more dependent than at Matruh on bathing and on the ..."

5. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"... or Gazelle-Hound, is one of the oldest ° ' breeds of Dogs, being represented (under the name of ..."

6. Syrian Stone-lore, Or, The Monumental History of Palestine by Claude Reignier Conder (1887)
"In time of peace the chase supplied excitement. The falcon, the gazelle-hound, and the hunting-leopard (Nimr) were used by the Franks as by the Arabs, ..."

7. Mafeesh, Or, Nothing New: The Journal of a Tour in Greece, Turkey, Egypt (1870)
"... supported on a pole, to shelter us from the burning rays of the sun which fell perpendicularly upon us. Sheikh Miguel's gazelle-hound, ..."

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