See Also: HUNTING(law)
hunting(dictionary)
hunting(encyclopedia)
fox hunting(encyclopedia)
hunting(2)(dictionary)
hunting(1)(dictionary)
Hunting(medicine)
hunting reaction(medicine)
hunting phenomenon(medicine)
hunting ground(dictionary)

hunting(1) (iou)



hunting noun. OE.
[from HUNT verb + -ING1.]
The action of HUNT verb; esp. the action or sport of pursuing game; an act or instance of hunting, a hunt. OE.
Game killed in hunting. ME-E17.
Comb. (partly also from HUNTING ppl adjective): hunting-box a small house or lodge for use during the hunting season; hunting-case a watch-case with a hinged cover to protect the glass (orig. against accidents in hunting); hunting cat = hunting leopard below; hunting-crop: see CROP noun 4; hunting dog (a) a dog used for hunting game; in pl. (Hunting Dogs) the constellation Canes Venatici; (b) a southern African animal of the dog family, Lycaon pictus, which hunts its prey in packs; hunting-ground a district or place where hunting or searching is carried on; happy hunting-ground(s), (among N. American Indians) a fabled country full of game to which warriors go after death; fig. a fruitful place for collecting, making acquisitions, etc.; hunting horn (a) a straight horn blown to give signals in hunting; (b) = leaping-horn s.v. LEAPING verbal noun; hunting leopard the cheetah, in Asia tamed and used for hunting; hunting-lodge a lodge for use during the hunting season; hunting-pink: see PINK noun4; hunting-shirt US an ornamented shirt orig. of deerskin, worn by trappers, hunters, etc.; hunting-watch a watch having a hunting-case to protect the glass.