What is "red setter"

Usage examples of "red setter".

The gaze-hounds, of which there were two taken just in case, were in reality nothing but greyhounds according to modem language, while the lymers were a sort of mixture between the bloodhound and the red setter of today.

The red setter waved its fringed tail and stared earnestly at Sophie from melting, miserable eyes.

She had the same colouring as Maud, reflected Taggie, but while Maud cavorted untrainably through life like a red setter bestowing her favours indiscriminately, Helen would be far more fastidious and sparing with her affections.

The red setter skidded to a halt in front of them, panting, trying to bark in odd little gasping coughing sounds.

His blackish eyes, set as narrowly as a red setter's, were unfathomable.

Georgie plainly had a crush on Rannaldini, too, but her demands on him, Kitty hoped, would be more rollicking, like a red setter wanting a long walk down the valley from time to time.

The red setter Michael remembered as a puppy and then a sleek, slender young dog with liquid-brown eyes was now thick-bodied, losing his eyesight, frequently off balance.

Bridget, the red setter, shivered and trembled, and now and then howled faintly with a howl that was scarcely more than a moan.

They were very self-contained, went for long walks with their red setter.