Yes; but I wouldn't holloa too soon," said the officer addressed.
When they came across a holey sack, if I happened to be at the other end they would holloa for me and I would go running through the narrow passage way, leading from one end to the other.
Il ne faut pas se moquer des chiens (or, du loup) avant qu’on ne soit hors du bois = Do not holloa before you are out of the wood.
Don't you holloa till you are out of the wood, young fellow," said the skipper, as he heard the words.
But we won't boast, Pickle, for, as they say, we will not holloa till we are out of the wood.
And as often as any man see him or meet him, he should go to the fues and blow a mote and rechace and then holloa to the hounds to come forth withall, and this done, speed him fast in the manner that I have said to meet with him again.
And then as far as it may be heard every man draweth thither, and the knowing thereof is that the hunter that cometh first, and the hunters (one) after the other they holloa all together, and blow a mote and rechace all at once.
This was called giving them the forhu, from the word forthuer, to whoop or holloa loudly.
And (when) she is retrieved blow and holloa and rout to the hounds as it is said you should do at the finding, and follow after and foot it who can foot it.
And if he find that he can well blow the rights and holloa and jopey three or four times and cry loud "le voy, le voy," till the hounds come thither and have well caught it.
Probably our term of giving the hounds the holloa was derived from this.
And when they be there the Master of the Game or sergeant should cry skilfully loud: "Devour" and then holloa every wight, and every hunter blow the death.
In justice to my sex it must be allowed that they do not holloa on viewing a fox, a fault that is often committed by men, especially in the Provinces.
Hark-holloa Hounds, trotting gently on towards the place of meeting, and rapidly overtaking the pony-carriage and its pre-occupied inmates.
The Comte de Pralines held an undeviating line for the spot whence the holloa had proceeded; when we reached it there was no one to be seen, but there was another holloa further on.
The holloa was repeated; half a mile ahead a gesticulating figure signalled to us to come on.
We had come to a baffled pause at the cross-ways, when faint and far away, an indisputable holloa was borne to us.
The holloa had come to us from the side of a smooth green hill, and between us and it was a shallow valley, neatly fenced with banks that did credit to Sir Valentine Knox's farming.
It was fortunate for the Comte de Pralines that his entirely British view-holloa was projected for the most part into my ear (the drum of which it nearly split) and was merged in the general enthusiasm as we let ourselves go.
But, like the fox, you will find your troubles begin with the cheering holloa of "Gone away!
You'll have to holloa louder than that to stop 'em now.
Don't you holloa till you're out of the wood," cried Fitz haughtily, and he flicked the two extra pieces off the board.
The hounds war to be in at the death, as he called it, and the good men who rode hard and straight war to be there too, and give a view holloa after parson had said the prayers.
No, my lad; I've lost our bearings for a bit, but you two try off to right and left while I go straight on, and the first that comes upon the river holloa gently.
Old smut came tearing along after them, and I gave Bran a holloa and slipped him immediately.
The snorting of the horses prevented our hearing any distant sound, and I gave a holloa and listened for some answering voice from a dog.
The hounds are after him; the roaring of the water joins in their wild chorus; the loud holloa of the huntsman is heard above every sound as he cheers the pack on.
In the morning the wound was so much better that the fawn felt the foot almost as strong as ever, and so, when he again heard the holloa of the hunters, he could not rest.
The sounding horn, the barking of the dogs, the holloa of the huntsmen, resounded through the forest, and were heard by the stag, who became eager to join his companions.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "holloa" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
