Help with hunting terms for book?

Yes, I think that is how you spell it. I have rarely seen it written. Herne will know when he drifts by.

i.e in sentence context 'a holloa was heard on the far side of the covert' or 'he holloa'ed the fox away on the far side of the covert'
 
That sounds right - thank you. It was transcribed from an interview with a wonderfully doughty old lady and I couldn't stop her to ask for the correct spelling, and then I couldn't find it in my standard OED. Not surprisingly, my poor copyeditor didn't recognise it! :)
 
SusannaF said:
That sounds right - thank you. It was transcribed from an interview with a wonderfully doughty old lady and I couldn't stop her to ask for the correct spelling, and then I couldn't find it in my standard OED. Not surprisingly, my poor copyeditor didn't recognise it! :)
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... drift ... drift ...

The Duke of Beaufort spells it holloa, so I suspect that anyone who tried to gainsay you would find it hard to produce a more compelling witness.

Not so sure about the past tense, but holloa'd or holloa'ed don't look too bad and are probably better than holloaed or holload.
 
Herne said:
... drift ... drift ...

The Duke of Beaufort spells it holloa, so I suspect that anyone who tried to gainsay you would find it hard to produce a more compelling witness.

Not so sure about the past tense, but holloa'd or holloa'ed don't look too bad and are probably better than holloaed or holload.
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I found my complete OED and the only past tense use it gave was "holloaed" in a Surtees novel, so that's what I'll plump for. Looks odd, but between the Duke of Beaufort and the OED, we're sorted. Thank you! :)

And I'm right to say that hounds are always hounds and never "the hounds"?
 
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