Related to tallyho:Tally Ho tal·ly·ho (tăl′ē-hō′) interj. Used in fox-hunting to urge the hounds on when a fox is sighted. v.tal·ly·hoed,tal·ly·ho·ing,tal·ly·hos v.tr. To urge (hounds) on with such a hunting cry. ...
[Tally-ho, name of a coach formerly plying between London and Birmingham] : a four-in-hand coach Word History Etymology probably from French taïaut, a cry used to excite hounds in deer hunting First Known Use 1772, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Time Traveler The first known use...
1.(Hunting) an instance of crying tally-ho 2.(Horse Training, Riding & Manège) another name for afour-in-hand1 vb,-hos,-hoing,-hoedor-ho'd (Hunting) (intr) to make the cry of tally-ho [C18: perhaps from Frenchtaïautcry used in hunting] ...
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a cry of “tallyho.” interjection the cry of a hunter on first sighting the fox. verb (used with object) ,tal·ly·hoedortal·ly·ho'd,tal·ly·ho·ing. to arouse by crying “tallyho,” as to the hounds. verb (used without object) ...
Tally definition: an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.. See examples of TALLY used in a sentence.
Definition of tally-ho exclamation in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
) To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc. Nick (v. t.) To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in. Nick (v. t.) To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to...
Nautical, to put aft, as the sheets or lower corners of the mainsail and foresail. To correspond, as one part of a tally to the other; conform; agree. In basset, faro, etc., to act as banker. noun Same as tally-ho. noun An Italian: as, the Tallies are working on the railroad...
He counted traffic (in both directions) on 8 streets around the development (selected randomly). He recorded for 8 minutes. He used a stopwatch for timing and a simple tally chart for recording the data. He completed the tally at different times of the day. ...