A glossary of hunting terms.
Curdog A dog which is not a hound.
Blank nothing: A blank day is a foxless day: To draw a blank is to fail to find a fox in a covert.
Bush A fox's tail
Cap The amount you pay for a days hunting extra to the subscription of the hunt.
Check A check in the hunt is caused in the temporary loss of the scent.
Cast What hounds do at a check. It is the action of seeking to recover the line they have been hunting.
Country A hunts country is the area of land in which the hunt has sole operational rights.
Cub A young fox.
Drag Hunting Is where hounds follow an aniseed trail over a prepared line.
Draw Where hounds enter a covert and look for a fox.
Earth A foxes burrow
Full Cry When all hounds are speaking together.
Headed A fox is headed when he is turned from his chosen path.
Heel Hounds run heel when they run the opposite direction to that taken by the fox.
Holloa Pronounced Helloa, the long drawn out screech denoting the departure of the fox from the covert.
Lash The piece of whipcord on the end of the hunting whips thong that produces the crack.
Couple Hounds are always counted in pairs and there is always a half couple for luck.
Mark When hounds hunt a fox into it's den.
Den Where a fox lives.
Point The point of a hunt is the longest distance in a straight line. This starts from where the fox leaves the covert to where it goes to ground.
Stern Hounds tail.
Subscription The fee you pay to become a hunt member.
Tally Ho What we say when a fox leaves a covert.
Thong The plaited leather whippy part of a hunting whip.
Vixen Bitch fox.
Whelp Puppy hound.
Whipper-in Huntsman's assistant
Field Master The person whom the field follows and listens to at all times.