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单词 huntaway
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huntawayn.

Brit. /ˈhʌntəweɪ/, U.S. /ˈhən(t)əˌweɪ/, Australian English /ˈhʌn(t)əwæe/, New Zealand English /ˈhʌn(t)əwæe/
Etymology: < verbal phrase to hunt away (hunt v. 4), which is further illustrated below.
a. Australian and New Zealand. (See quot. 1933.)
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] > with specific job or character
boundary dog1876
leading dog1897
header1903
strong eye1910
huntaway1913
1913 A. I. Carr Country Work & Life N.Z. xix. 33 A new hand, if he intends to qualify for the work [as shepherd] is wise in investing in a good huntaway or a heading dog.
1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 28 Oct. 17/7 Huntaway, a dog whose work is to drive sheep forward when mustering. As a verb the word is used in two senses, illustrated in the sentences: ‘That dog hunts away well’ and ‘I hunt away with that dog’.
1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 16 May 38/3 Rock, the kelpie leading-dog, and Bruce, the nondescript little hunt-away, had never possessed any aspirations towards leadership.
1954 Landfall 8 221 Couple of times someone offered him big money for two good huntaways.
1961 B. Crump Hang on a Minute Mate 74 They sold..two huntaway pups.
1966 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. (ed. 2) iii. 73 A huntaway is sometimes known as a forcing dog.
1968 N.Z. News 28 Aug. 16/1 The huntaway barks loudly to shift sheep.
b. Nelson huntaway n. New Zealand (see quots.).
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > [noun] > sheep herding > boulder used to herd sheep
Nelson huntaway1941
1941 S. J. Baker N.Z. Slang vi. 59 Nelson huntaway, a stone rolled down a hillside to move stock below instead of sending a dog out.
1949 P. Newton High Country Days 29 Brownie sent a boulder hurtling down the face—a ‘Nelson huntaway’.

Derivatives

huntaway v. (also hunt away)
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1931 T. A. Harper Windy Island iii. iii. 232 Vixen had turned her mob neatly over to Rough, who was hunting them away down the mountain side.
1933 [see sense a].
1934 J. Lilico Sheep Dog Mem. 27 The dogs would head, lead, huntaway, force and back.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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