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CHASSE COURRE [1 record]

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Record 1 2011-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hunting and Sport Fishing
DEF

A traditional form of hunting where hunters, usually on horseback, are accompanied by hunting dogs.

OBS

Hunters are : the master, the huntsman - controller of the hounds - two or three whippers - in to assist him in reconnaissance and in keeping the hounds together as a pack, and invited horseback hunters.

OBS

Because foxes, stags and hares are or were traditionally hunted this way, "fox hunting", "stag hunting", and "hare hunting" are often considered equivalents of "chasse à courre".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chasse et pêche sportive
DEF

Chasse où l'on poursuit le gibier avec des chiens courants, pour forcer l'animal, les chasseurs étant, l'animal, la plupart du temps, à cheval.

OBS

On a traditionnellement chassé le renard, le cerf et le lièvre de cette façon en Europe.

Spanish

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