| 单词 | heel dog |
| 释义 | > as lemmasheel dog heel dog n. †(a) a dog, esp. a retriever, which comes or keeps to heel (obsolete); (b) a sheepdog or cattle dog trained to drive animals by running or nipping at their heels; cf. heeler n.2 6a. ΚΠ 1887 Field 70 569/3 Any man..would with ease dispose of twenty ‘heel’ dogs ere he was asked for one ‘Hold up’ one. 1888 Country Gentleman 12 May 626/2 If he could breed a few canine beaters he might do well, also some heel dogs for the batteries. 1902 W. T. Palmer Lake-Country Rambles xvi. 187 Its master takes it on to the fell, and allows it to run in company with his heel-dog. 2001 Seguin (Texas) Gazette-Enterprise 28 Sept. a4/5 A heel dog instinctively closing up the herd by nipping hocks. < as lemmas |
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