Obs. rare. [prob. ad. AF. *vauntchace: see VAUNT-] = VANCHASE. (See also quot. 1688.)

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1576.  Turberv., Venerie, 113. ‘There he goeth, thats he,… to him, to him,’ naming the hound that goth away with the vautchace [sic] and hallowing the rest vnto him.

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1688.  R. Holme, Armoury, III. 189/1. Vaunt-chase is the Hound that leadeth the rest in the Chase.

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