Find the word definition

Crossword clues for sheltie

The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sheltie

Sheltie \Shel"tie\, Shelty \Shel"ty\, n. A Shetland pony.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Sheltie

"small pony," 1640s, "Shetland pony," from Shelty, abbreviation of Sheltand, metathesis of Shetland. Or the word may represent the Orkney pronunciation of Old Norse Hjalti "Shetlander."

Wiktionary
sheltie

n. (alternative spelling of shelty English)

Usage examples of "sheltie".

Brenna said, absently rubbing her forehead between her eyebrows as she filled out the charge slip for the cashier, already calculating how long it would take to have the Sheltie done.

And the Sheltie mix made it through quarantine and still wasn't showing signs of rabies after passing it to two people who are also now dead.

I saw the little Sheltie bringing the sheep back to the fold for the night.

I can just relax and enjoy some real homemade Poppin Fresh Cinnamon Buns and watch Pavlov, Michael’s sheltie, try to herd Maya back into the kitchen every time she tries to comes out.

He is a little thing, a sheltie, not a Lassie look-alike but just another brown hairy.

The refugees were moving now, heading across the barren plains as quickly as they could, an undisciplined mob urged forward by Brotherhood troops who harried them along like shelties herding a flock.