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Shetland|ˈʃɛtlənd|
[The name of a group of islands to the north-north-east of the mainland of Scotland.]
1. Used attrib. (quasi-adj.).
a. Shetland pony, Shetland horse, etc. = Sheltie 1.
1801J. Anderson Recreat. Agric. IV. Index, Shetland pony. 1807J. Hall Trav. Scot. II. 531 The Shetland horses are well known. 1830Le Keux Illustr. Nat. Hist. I. 34 The Shetland ponies are exceedingly diminutive. 1848Thackeray Van. Fair xxxvii, On this little black Shetland pigmy young Rawdon's great father was pleased to mount the boy.
absol.1857Hughes Tom Brown i. ii, Tom rode his little Shetland into the cottage.
b. As the designation of a breed of sheep.
1794Statist. Acc. Scot. XI. 39 The Cheviot sheep are very well made. By crossing the breed of them with the Shetland,..both the quality of the wool and of the mutton will be improved. 1796Ibid. XVII. 586 Neither the Spanish nor the Shetland sheep has, as yet, been found to thrive here. 1830Le Keux Illustr. Nat. Hist. I. 139 Shetland Sheep. This breed was formerly a native of the higher parts of Aberdeenshire.
c. (Also with small initial.) Applied to a variety of wool, spun in the Shetland Isles, hence to things made of this wool. Shetland floss, Shetland wool. Shetland knitting, a traditional style of knitting characterized by a distinctive technique and by the following of Scandinavian patterns in ‘natural’ colours.
1790(title) Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, to whom the subject of Shetland Wool was referred. 1854Morning Post 7 July 1/5 (Advt.), Shetland shawls and veils in great variety. 1856Mrs. Pullan Lady's Dict. Needlework 48 Wools... Shetland. A very fine wool, used for veils, scarfs, shawls, &c. 1856Morton Cycl. Agric. II. 833/1 Genuine Shetland hose. 1882Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework 446 Shetland Point Lace..is a Needlemade lace, composed of Shetland wool..of sufficiently coarse texture to form babies' shawls [etc.]. 1895Shetland floss [see double-knit adj. s.v. double a. A. 6]. 1906E. V. Lucas Listener's Lure 183 Get a Shetland shawl for Mrs. Ring. 1934W. Moffatt Shetland: Isles of Nightless Summer i. 23 The wool is invariably short, curly and silky... This wool is famous all over the world, and is so valued that unscrupulous people in other lands sell wool called ‘Shetland Floss’ that was never within a thousand miles of Shetland. 1935in Scottish Woollens (Nat. Assoc. Sc. Woollen Manufacturers) (1956) 55 Shetlanders..still knit a great variety of articles, and the finest Shetland knitting is still unrivalled. 1966N. Freeling Dresden Green i. 17 A beige shetland pullover. 1974People's Jrnl. (Inverness & Northern Counties ed.) 7 Sept. 9/1 They studied island crafts such as silverwork, handloom weaving, carding and spinning, and Shetland knitting. 1979R. Jaffe Class Reunion 5 Plain dark shetland cardigans. 1980L. Birnbach et al. Official Preppy Handbk. 107/1 You should be comfortable with a turtleneck,..a button-down shirt and a Shetland sweater.
d. Shetland sheep-dog, a small long-coated collie belonging to the breed so called; also Shetland collie.
1908Our Dogs 27 Mar. 681/2 Shetland Collies.—This variety is at present in the hands of a few fanciers only. 1909Ibid. 15 Oct. 937/1 Shetland Collies or Sheepdogs, the original type and colour. 1960E. Miller Shetland Sheepdog 5 So much experimenting has gone on with this breed, that the Shetland Sheepdog is still far from being ‘typed’ like a Poodle or Boxer. 1971F. Hamilton World Encycl. Dogs 97 The name Shetland Collie was the first choice but the Collie Clubs objected so strongly that the Kennel Club would not allow it. 1977Belfast Tel. 14 Feb. 12/9 (Advt.), Shetland sheepdog puppies.
2. absol.
a. A Shetland pony.
1836S. C. Stevenson Let. Sept. in E. Boykin Victoria, Albert, & Mrs. Stevenson (1957) 30, I cannot tell you how I covet one of these little shetlands for my little nephews. 1975Country Life 6 Feb. 327/1 The ponies shown included Connemaras,..Shetlands and Welsh.
b. A Shetland shawl, sweater, etc.
1870Crown Princess of Prussia Let. 18 Mar. in R. Fulford Your Dear Letter (1971) 207 In my condition..I..never am in my own room without a lace shawl or a shetland or black mantilla. 1972Vogue 1 Mar. 57/1 Classic Shetland and cashmere sweaters... Shetlands in 79 colours. 1979A. V. Badgley Rembrandt Decisions xi. 156 Stout oxfords, ribbed wool stockings, itchy shetlands.
c. A Shetland sheep-dog.
1945C. L. B. Hubbard Observer's Bk. Dogs 143 A perfect Collie in miniature, the Shetland is efficient and nimble. 1958O. Gwynne-Jones Shetland Sheepdog Handbk. i. 8 By 1912 Shetlands were classified at..sixteen shows.
Hence Shetˈlandic a., pertaining to Shetland.
1882K. Blind in Gentl. Mag. Mar. 353 (art.) New finds in Shetlandic and Welsh. Ibid. 356 This Shetlandic word. |