foxhunt

noun, verb — 3 senses

foxhunt

noun

Etymology From fox + hunt.

1

A hunt for foxes, usually with dogs.

It had been intended originally to electrify to Ponteland, but opposition from a local foxhunt in those early days of the century caused the proposal to be abandoned, […].1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 662:

2

A hunt for radio transmitters; radiosport.

foxhunt

verb

Etymology From fox + hunt.

1

To hunt foxes, usually with dogs.

He kept a small flock of sheep at Rose Castle, the palace of the bishops of Carlisle, and enjoyed the mild notoriety he accrued through his support for foxhunting in the House of Lords.2009 January 30, David Weston, “The Right Rev Ian Harland”, in The Guardian:

Related terms: foxhunter, fox hunting

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