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Definition of Field spaniel
1. Noun. Large usually black hunting and retrieving spaniel with a dense flat or slightly wavy coat; cross between cocker and Sussex spaniel.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Field Spaniel
Literary usage of Field spaniel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History and Description of the Modern Dogs of Great Britain and Ireland by Rawdon Briggs Lee (1897)
"THE BLACK field spaniel. IF the black spaniel, as seen at our modern shows, can
be taken as a distinct variety—and I think that it can—we must consider him ..."
2. The Complete Dog Book by William A. Bruette (1922)
"THE field spaniel This is one of the most popular varieties of the Sporting ...
The field spaniel is lower on leg and longer in body in proportion than any ..."
3. The Dogs of the British Islands: Being a Series of Articles on the Points of by John Henry Walsh (1878)
"THE MODERN field spaniel. i MONO the earliest records of venerie in England, the
spaniel is alluded to as used for hawking and netting, and he claims, ..."
4. The Dogs of the British Islands: Being a Series of Articles on the Points of by John Henry Walsh (1882)
"THE MODERN field spaniel—THE MODERN COCKER—THE SUSSEX SPANIEL —THE CLUMBER ...
THE MODERN field spaniel. t MONG the earliest records of venerie in England, ..."
5. The Twentieth Century Dog by Herbert Compton (1904)
"THE field spaniel THERE are two classifications for field spaniels—the black and
... The name " field spaniel" is one that has been given to the variety to ..."
6. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"The first contains the field spaniel, clumber, cocker, Norfolk, Sussex, ...
The cocker usually weighs from 18 to 24 pounds, while the field spaniel is twice ..."
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