tally-ho

/ (ˌtælɪˈhəʊ) /

the cry of a participant at a hunt to encourage the hounds when the quarry is sighted

an instance of crying tally-ho

another name for a four-in-hand (def. 1)

(intr) to make the cry of tally-ho

Word Origin for tally-ho

C18: perhaps from French taïaut cry used in hunting

Tally-ho: the cry with which huntsmen urge on their hounds; here, a name given to a fast coach.

Tom Brown at Rugby |Thomas Hughes
Will's tally-ho coach, drawn by six horses, was in waiting for the incoming party.

Last of the Great Scouts |Helen Cody Wetmore
Having learned from him the road to the station, I was just stealing off when I heard in my rear the cry of "Tally-ho back!"

Sporting Society, Vol. II (of 2) |Various
It chanced to be named Tally-ho after English coaches of that name, and the word was adopted from the individual to a class.

Stage-coach and Tavern Days |Alice Morse Earle

The people were all smiling gravely, and the chorus was just finishing the last bars of that best of all finales: Tally-ho!

My New Curate |P.A. Sheehan