- Old English sheepdog
- noun Date: 1890 any of a breed of tailless dogs developed in England and having a profuse blue-gray and white coat
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Old English sheepdog
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Old English sheepdog — noun large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish grey and white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain • Syn: ↑bobtail • Hypernyms: ↑shepherd dog, ↑sheepdog, ↑sheep dog * * * ˌOld ˌEnglish ˈsheepdog f23… … Useful english dictionary
Old English sheepdog — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms Old English sheepdog : singular Old English sheepdog plural Old English sheepdogs a large dog with long thick hair that is grey and white … English dictionary
Old English Sheepdog — Bobtail FCI Standard Nr. 16 Gruppe 1: Hütehunde und Treibhunde (ohne Schweizer Sennenhunde) Sektion 1: Schäferhunde Ohne Arbeitsprüfung … Deutsch Wikipedia
Old English sheepdog — Old′ Eng′lish sheep′dog n. dch one of an English breed of large, stocky sheepdogs having a bobbed tail and a long, shaggy gray or blue gray and white coat that hangs over the eyes • Etymology: 1885–90 … From formal English to slang
Old English sheepdog — noun a large sheepdog of a breed with a shaggy blue grey and white coat … English new terms dictionary
Old English sheepdog — one of an English breed of large working dogs having a long, shaggy, gray or blue merle and white coat that hangs over the eyes, and a bobbed tail, originally developed to drive sheep and cattle. [1885 90] * * * Shaggy working dog developed in… … Universalium
