Clydesdalen.adj.
/ˈklʌɪdzdeɪl/, U.S. /ˈklaɪdzˌdeɪl/ 1. (Designating) a breed of heavy draught horses originally bred near the Clyde in Scotland.
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Arabian1588
Arab1718
garronly1740
Shetland1770
Clydesdale1786
Belgian1821
Conestoga1828
Gypsy1856
Anglo-Arab1860
Anglo-Arabian1860
cobby1871
Akhal-Teke1882
criollo1884
saddlebred1891
Lipizzan1948
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > horse defined by breed > [noun] > miscellaneous breeds
Frison?a1400
jennet1463
garron1540
Galloway1598
ghoonta1613
Goonhilly1640
forester1712
yabu1753
Highland pony1768
Narragansett pacer1777
Suffolk punch1784
Nubian1790
Cleveland bay1796
cob1818
Conestoga1824
marsh tacky1826
Narragansett1826
Russian pony1829
Clydesdale1831
Turkoman1831
Morgan1841
tarpan1841
Waler1849
Percheron1855
Canuck1860
Anglo-Arabian1864
Anglo-Arab1869
Belgium1878
Palouse1881
standardbred1888
Belgium draught horse1889
saddlebred1891
Timor pony1895
Haflinger1899
Argentine1901
Belgian1907
palomino1914
Appaloosa1924
Trakehner1926
Lipizzaner1928
Tennessee walking horse1938
Bhotia1939
cremello1944
Akhal-Teke1947
Palouse horse1947
Tennessee walker1960
Falabella1977
1786 G. Culley Observ. Live Stock 18 The Scotch horses, like the Welch, are exceedingly hardy, but too small for the draught, except the Clydesdale horses.
1831 W. Youatt Horse iv. 39 The Clydesdale is a good kind of draught-horse, and particularly for farming business and in a hilly country.
1831 W. Youatt Horse iv. 40 The Clydesdale horse owes its origin to one of the Dukes of Hamilton, who crossed some of the best Lanark mares with stallions which he had brought over from Flanders.
1862 J. C. Morton Farmer's Cal. (ed. 2) 574 The Clydesdale is one of our best farm horses.
1884 Times 27 Feb. 7/6 The high-standing quick-stepping Clydesdales.
1928 Daily Tel. 30 Oct. 17/7 Quick-actioned, weight-shifting Shires, Clydesdales, Suffolks, or Percheron horses.
1967 Times 23 Nov. 13/1 Scotland resembled the native Clydesdale rather than the classic thoroughbred strain when they got up late to beat Wales by a short head at Hampden Park last night.
2. (Designating) a small terrier with a long, silky, dark steel blue coat belonging to the breed of this name (originating in Clydesdale); the breed itself.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [noun] > other types of
Irish terrier1798
Dandie Dinmont1851
Welsh terrier1857
Bedlington1867
Jack Russell1878
Airedale1880
Clydesdale1887
Border terrier1894
Manchester terrier1894
Sealyham1894
schnauzer1899
pinscher1906
Cairn terrier1910
Kerry blue terrier1922
Lakeland terrier1928
wheaten1943
Sydney silky1945
Manchester1971
Norfolk1971
wire1975
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [adjective] > of types of
black and tan1786
wire-haired1818
Clydesdale1887
West Highland1904
1887 Field 23 Apr. 566/2 The following is a description of the Clydesdale terrier as accepted by the Clydesdale Terrier Club.
1889 H. Dalziel Brit. Dogs (ed. 2) II. 476 Some admirers of the Clydesdale claim for him hardiness and fitness for Terrier work.
1909 Field 13 Feb. 248/2 Clydesdale terriers were given a class, but only a brace from Miss McCheane's kennel competed.
1922 R. Leighton Compl. Bk. Dog xvii. 275 The Clydesdale Terrier is one of the smallest dogs of Scotland.
1922 R. Leighton Compl. Bk. Dog xvii. 276 The most perfect Clydesdales ever seen.
1935 Chambers's Encycl. X. 48/2 The closely allied Clydesdale (Paisley) terrier is never likely to be much in evidence.
1971 World Encycl. Dogs 559 Old Scottish breeds such as the Clydesdale.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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