West Highlandn.
/wɛst ˈhʌɪlənd/, U.S. /ˌwɛst ˈhaɪlənd/ 1. A breed of long-horned cattle with thick shaggy hair, originating in the West Highlands of Scotland (see Highland cattle n. at highland n. and adj. Compounds); (also) an animal of this breed. Frequently attributive.
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belted1582
West Highland1761
Dunlop1793
middle-horned1796
East Friesian1856
Podolian1879
criollo1893
Simmental1906
beef-dairy1960
the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > breeds of ox > [noun] > of Scotland > Highland cow or cattle
black cattle1725
Highland cattle1751
highlander1771
West Highlander1805
kyloe1811
West Highland1843
1761 Caledonian Mercury 11 Apr. Forty Two Stots, from three to five years old, of the West Highland kind.
1798 J. Smith Gen. View Agric. Argyll xiii. 235 The most profitable breed of cattle..is the true West Highland breed.
1843 Farmer's Mag. 7 208/1 The Durham are best adapted for summer grazing..; but in every point the West Highlands are best adapted for the marshes.
1849 Cultivator Apr. 122/2 A West-Highland ox, five years old, exhibited by His Royal Highness Prince Albert, at the Smithfield Show of fat cattle, 1847.
1888 G. W. Curtis Horses, Cattle, Sheep & Swine xl. 160 In Scotland, we have the West Highlands, as direct descendants of the original Forest stock.
1900 Badminton Mag. Mar. 314 I noticed that even the hardy West Highland bullocks had got under the lee of a belt of firs, and were standing with patient lowered heads.
1953 A. Fraser Beef Cattle Husbandry ix. 122 This breed, sometimes called the ‘West Highland’ or ‘Kyloe’, is descended from the native breed of the Scottish highlands.
1980 F. J. Shaw Northern & Western Isles Scotl. (2003) viii. 109 Shetland cattle, too, were termed black cattle in Shirreff's General View, but..Shirreff was careful to distinguish them from the West Highland breed.
2. More fully West Highland white. A breed of short-legged terrier with erect pointed ears and a rough white coat; (also) a dog of this breed. Frequently attributive. Cf. westie n.Earlier called Poltalloch terrier: see Poltalloch n.
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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
the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [adjective] > of types of
black and tan1786
wire-haired1818
Clydesdale1887
West Highland1904
1904 in D. M. Dennis W. Highland White Terrier (1967) 15 West Highland or Poltalloch Terriers.
1906 Our Dogs 15 Sept. 548/1 White West Highland Terriers.—Here truly may be written there is ample room for improvement.
1920 Dogdom June 191/1 Dr. Wisley..has secured a daughter of Ch. Rosstor the Deil and Rosstor Jeanette, and hopes to take up the breeding of West Highlands.
1968 P. Dickinson Skin Deep ix. 174 She's a nice lass, Roedean, breeds West Highlands down at Sonning.
1978 M. Geary Purnell's Pict. Encycl. Dogs 40/2 It [sc. congenital deafness] does not commonly occur in other white breeds, like the West Highland White, so the mode of inheritance is also a breed phenomenon.
2002 J. Cunliffe Encycl. Dog Breeds (new ed.) 251/1 A highly popular representative of this group is the West Highland white terrier, fondly known as the Westie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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