单词 | boundary dog |
释义 | > as lemmasboundary dog boundary dog n. Australian and New Zealand (see quot. 1945). ΘΚΠ 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 1876 D. Kennedy Colonial Trav. xv. 196 The first [dog] seen was a boundary dog, chained to a break in a fence, to prevent sheep straying from one run to another. 1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. iii. 72 A sheep dog chained to a kennel at a gateway..to prevent sheep passing through is called a boundary-dog. < as lemmas |
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