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shelt Sc.|ʃɛlt|
Also shalt, shilt, sholt.
[Abbrev. of Sheltie.]
A Shetland pony.
1774Aberdeen Jrnl. 27 June 4/2 (Advt.), There are Three Shalts, and several Year-olds of very fine Kinds. 1777J. Duff Let. 1 May in A. & H. Tayler Lord Fife & his Factor (1925) iv. 103, I would wish my Horses, My black Shelt, the roan Poney and Smith..to be at Mar Lodge. 1817J. Christie Instructions 29 We on with our sholts, a jogging and budging. 1880J. Watt Poet. Sk. 59 To wirk some orra beast, or drive a milk shilt. 1920Glasgow Herald 21 Oct. 8 It was the custom of the priest to go about his pastoral duties on a favourite pony..; indeed, he and the ‘shelt’ were inseparable. 1951Scots Mag. July 278 They have their work cut out for them, those sturdy shelts. 1980D. K. Cameron Willie Gavin xx. 199 Mettlesome black shelts they had been, high⁓stepping, jingling their bright harness. |