lyam-hound

[ lahy-uh m-hound ]
/ ˈlaɪ əmˌhaʊnd /

noun Archaic.

a bloodhound.
Also lyme-hound.

Origin of lyam-hound

1520–30; obsolete lyam leash (< Middle French liem ≪ Latin ligāmen a band, tie, equivalent to ligā(re) to tie + -men noun suffix) + hound1

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