hark-back

Meaning

Noun

  • An act of hounds retracing a course in order to pick up the lost scent of prey.
  • An act of alluding, returning, or reverting (to a subject previously mentioned, etc.); also, an act of evoking, or longing or pining for (a past era or event).

Origin

Modern English dictionary

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