ˈtȯlbət, ˈtal- noun
also talbot dog or talbot hound
( -s )
Usage: usually capitalized T
Etymology: probably from Talbot, name of a Norman family in England
: a large heavy mostly white hound with pendulous ears and drooping flews that is thought to be ancestral to the bloodhound and some other modern breeds ; also : a figure representing such a dog especially as a heraldic device