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Definition of Sheep dog
1. Noun. Any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep.
Generic synonyms: Working Dog
Specialized synonyms: Belgian Sheepdog, Belgian Shepherd, Briard, Kelpie, Komondor, Bobtail, Old English Sheepdog, Shetland, Shetland Sheep Dog, Shetland Sheepdog, Collie, Border Collie, Bouvier Des Flandres, Bouviers Des Flandres, Rottweiler, Alsatian, German Police Dog, German Shepherd, German Shepherd Dog
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheep Dog
Literary usage of Sheep dog
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"The Old English Sheep-dog is now widely distributed in those countries where dog
shows are held. The home of the breed, and of kinds closely related to him, ..."
2. The Cultivator by New York State Agricultural Society (1846)
"... but the English sheep-dog, with a sharp pointed muzzle and long glossy hair,
has more the appearance ofa pure original stock, than any we have met. ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General (1890)
"During and after the snowstorm! to which highland districts are so frequently
exposed, tie sheep-dog is invaluable in saving its master's property from .1 ..."
4. The Odd Fellows' Magazine (1841)
"The Sheep-dog I" How striking is the application of the term ; he who ...
The Sheep-dog 1" How finely it expresses the whipper-in to a pack of school-boys. ..."
5. Wild Animals I Have Known and 200 Drawings by Ernest Thompson Seton (1898)
"... and Dorley was well- pleased to take Wully along to his home among the hills
of Derbyshire, where he became once more a sheep-dog in charge of a flock. ..."
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