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Pyrenean, a. and n.|pɪrəˈniːən|
Also 6– -aean; -eean, 7 Perennean, Pirenean.
[ad. F. Pyrénéen, or f. L. Pȳrēnæ-us (f. Pȳrēnē, a. Gr. Πῡρήνη, name of the daughter of Bebryx, beloved of Hercules, said to be buried on these mountains) + -an.]
A. adj.
a. Of or belonging to the Pyrenees.
1865[see hair-net s.v. hair n. 10]. 1892C. M. Yonge Old Woman's Outlook 50 The gorgeous Pyrenean anemone, brilliant scarlet with a black or purple centre. 1895Army & Navy Co-op. Soc. Price List 1089/1 (caption) Dressing Jacket, Pyrenean Wool, with girdle. 1925G. Jekyll Colour Schemes for Flower Garden (ed. 6) i. 2 Some groups of the pale early Pyrenean Daffodil gleam level on the ground. 1931Times Lit. Suppl. 21 May 399/3 General Beatson..is already known to the reading public as the author of three monographs on Wellington's operations in the Pyreneean area. 1936A. W. Clapham Romanesque Archit. vi. 132 It is curious that the XP monogram maintained its place in the Pyrenean countries well into the twelfth century. 1966M. R. D. Foot SOE in France vii. 155 This donnish figure made some highly unacademic contacts with the Pyrenean smugglers.
b. Pyrenean (mountain or † guard) dog, a large, heavily built, white dog of the breed so called, often with grey or brown markings on the head, distinguished by a thick, shaggy, double coat; Pyrenean sheepdog, a small, fawn or grey, long-coated sheepdog, often with white markings, belonging to the French breed so called; also = Pyrenean mountain dog above; Pyrenean wolfhound = Pyrenean mountain dog above.
1851H. Mayhew London Labour I. 358/2 The collars most in demand are brass. One man pointed out to me the merits of his stock, which he retailed from 6d each..to 3s—for collars seemingly big enough for Pyrenean sheep dogs. 1865M. Eyre Lady's Walks in S. France xiv. 168 The Pyrenean sheep-dogs equal the largest Newfoundland in size. They are very sagacious and tractable, and usually snow-white. 1871Pyrenean wolf-hound [see wolf-hound]. 1885C. M. Yonge Two Sides of Shield I. iv. 40 There's Basto, the big Pyrenean dog. 1894R. B. Lee Hist. & Descr. Mod. Dogs Gt. Brit. & Ireland (Non-Sporting Division) iv. 107 The so-called Pyrenean guard dog we often see on our show benches, is a dog some one hundred and twenty pounds weight and more. 1922R. Leighton Compl. Bk. Dog v. 62 The beautiful white-coated Pyrenean Dog is also essentially a Mastiff. 1927E. C. Ash Dogs II. ix. ii. 589 There is..the remarkable similarity of the St. Bernard of about that time to the Pyrenean sheep-dog ‘Cabbas’, the property of her Majesty Queen Victoria. 1931A. C. Smith About our Dogs xxiii. 364 So great was my admiration of the Pyrenean Mountain Dogs..that it is rather difficult for me to write with becoming restraint. 1945C. L. B. Hubbard Observer's Bk. Dogs 184 Pyrenean Sheepdog... This is quite a distinct race from the Pyrenean Mountain Dog,..being much smaller and seldom used for guard work. 1964Vogue 15 Apr. 90 A great heap of Pyrenean mountain dog called Addo de Fontenoy. 1978Times 11 Feb. 2/4 Those shaggy dogs masquerading as overcoats called Pyrenean mountain dogs.
B. n.
a. A native of the Pyrenees.
†b. pl. The Pyrenees.
1592Survay of France To Rdr., The Pyrenæan mountaines towardes Spaine. 1595Shakes. John i. i. 201 Talking of the Alpes and Appenines, The Perennean and the riuer Poe. 1656Blount Glossogr., Pyrenæan Mountains. 1693Morden Geogr. Rect. (ed. 3) 178 The Province of Artois..united to the Crown of France by the Pyrenæan Treaty [between France and Spain, 1659]. 1768Earl Malmesbury Diaries & Corr. I. 35 At fifteen posts from Bayonne you discover the Pyreneans. 1779H. Swinburne Trav. through Spain viii. 58 The prospect is..grand..bounded by the mountains of Roussillon. The true Pyreneans appear only through some breaks in that chain. 1802Pinkerton Mod. Geog. I. 275 The Pyrenean chain. a1861A. H. Clough Poems (1862) 245 My Pyrenean Verses will you hear. 1906Daily Chron. 10 Sept. 8/5 Long circular capes in Pyrenean wool fabrics.
c. A Pyrenean mountain dog or sheepdog.
1922R. Leighton Compl. Bk. Dog v. 62 The Pyrenean has the same massive body. 1931A. C. Smith About our Dogs xxiii. 364 The biggest of the Pyreneans are taller than Newfoundlands. 1950A. C. Smith Dogs since 1900 xii. 272 The Pyreneans..have temperaments that make them most pleasing companions. 1971F. Hamilton World Encycl. Dogs 73 The Pyrenean is the smallest [French sheepdog]. 1976Drive July-Aug. 31/2 Mischka..is the Wilsons' fifth Pyrenean. |