Sentence:  A <WSD>skulk</WSD> of fox padded daintily over a stream-slashed meadow, and a herd of deer like iron ornaments stood stock still in their winter pelage. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A group of foxes.<ref>(Thomas Wright), "Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English," London: Henry G. Bohn, 1857, Volume 2, p.(nbsp)833: “S<small>CULK</small>, (...) A company of foxes.”[https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000124333]</ref>