Fox hunting is an activity involving the tracking, chase, and sometimes killing of a fox, traditionally a red fox, by trained foxhounds or other scent hounds, and a group of unarmed followers led by a master of foxhounds, who follow the hounds on foot or on horseback. Fox hunting originated in the 16th century in the form which was practised legal...
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• (a.) Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes.
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The pursuit of a fox across country on horseback, aided by a pack of foxhounds specially trained to track the fox's scent. The aim is to catch and kill the fox. In drag-hunting, hounds pursue a...
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Fox'-hunt`ing adjective Pertaining to or engaged in the hunting of foxes; fond of hunting foxes.
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Fox-hunting is a barbaric blood sport, once a favourite English sport much practised during the autumnal and winter months by the British idle-rich. A traditional pack of foxhounds consisted of from 20 to 60 couples of hounds according to the frequency of the hunting days. These dogs were carefully bred and trained and were under the superintendenc...
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n] - mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
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foxhunt noun mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox
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The pursuit of a fox across country on horseback, aided by a pack of foxhounds specially trained to track the fox's scent. The aim is to catch and kill the fox. In drag-hunting, hounds pursue a prepared trail rather than a fox. Described by the playwright Oscar Wilde as `the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable`, fox-huntin...
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a sport in which mounted hunters follow hounds in pursuit of a fox.
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