单词 | poltalloch |
释义 | Poltallochn. Now historical. More fully Poltalloch terrier. The West Highland white terrier (see Highland terrier n. at highland n. and adj. Compounds); a dog of this breed. Cf. westie n.The breed was developed at Poltalloch by the Malcolm family, esp. Colonel E. D. Malcolm (1837–1930). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [noun] > West Highland terrier Highland terrier1777 Poltalloch1887 West Highland1904 West Highlander1907 highlander1912 westie1949 1887 D. J. Thomson Gray Dogs of Scotl. (1891) iii. 51 A white variety of the Scottish terrier existed at one time (and stray specimens may still exist) under the cognomen of Poltalloch terriers. 1920 R. Macaulay Potterism ii. i. 63 ‘We have two Pekingese, a King Charles, and a pug...’ I answered with some inanity about my mother's Poltalloch. 1968 C. G. E. Wimhurst Bk. Terriers xxvii. 189 These [sc. the Duke of Argyll's terriers] were not related to the Poltalloch terriers. 2001 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 3 Nov. w31 First it was the poltalloch terrier, then the roseneath terrier before finally being classified the west highland white in 1904. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1887 |
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