tally-ho

tally-ho |talɪˈhəʊ | ▶exclamation a huntsman's cry to the hounds on sighting a fox. ▶noun ( pl. tally-hos ) 1 a cry of ‘tally-ho ’. 2 historical a fast horse-drawn coach. ▶verb ( tally-hoes, tally-hoing, tally-hoed ) [ no obj. ] utter a cry of ‘tally-ho ’. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: apparently an alteration of French taïaut, of unknown origin.