| 单词 | carriage dog |
| 释义 | > as lemmascarriage dog carriage dog n. now chiefly historical †(a) a dog used to draw a sledge (= sledge-dog n. at sledge n.2 Compounds) (obsolete rare); (b) a dog trained to accompany carriages, spec. a Dalmatian; = coach dog n. at coach n. and adv. Compounds 8; also as modifier. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > other types of dog > [noun] > Dalmatian spotted dog1621 tiger-dog1682 carriage dog1760 Dalmatian dog1810 coach-dog1840 plum pudding1851 plum-pudding dog1852 lesser Dane1870 Spotted Dick1880 Dalmatian1893 1760 tr. S. J. Baumgarten Suppl. Eng. Universal Hist. (new ed.) II. 65 Strahlenberg..mentions carriage-dogs [G. Vorspanhunde], whose hairs are a quarter of an ell long. 1788 Calcutta Chron. & Gen. Advertiser 13 Mar. (advt.) Lost...a very handsome Bitch, of the Danish breed; she is a real Carriage Dog, very small spots, brown on white. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village 236 The very carriage-dog, Sancho, was individualized. 1919 W. H. Mills Californica 40 He scorned the tame role of a carriage-dog. 2008 Carriage Jrnl. 46 195 Annual carriage dog trials to test Dalmatians' traditional role as carriage dogs. < as lemmas |
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