Basset Hound Definition

noun
A short-haired hunting dog of a breed originating in France and having a long body, short legs, and long drooping ears.
American Heritage

A short-legged breed of dog of the hound family.

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Noun

Singular:
basset hound
Plural:
basset-hounds

Origin of Basset Hound

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

    From Wiktionary

  • French basset short, basset hound diminutive of basse feminine of bas low base2

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Basset Hound Sentence Examples

  • She lives with her partner and their basset hound in North Essex.

  • I adopted a Basset Hound from a rescue in March of 2007.

  • I have a female Basset Hound that I am trying to breed.

  • The dachshund, or badger hound, is of German origin, and like the basset hound was originally an elongated distorted hound with crooked legs, employed in baiting and hunting badgers, but now greatly improved and made more definite by the arts of the breeder.

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