a dog trained to drive sheep at a long distance from the shepherd
huntaway in American English
(ˈhʌntəˌwei)
Austral
noun
1.
a sheep dog
adjective
2. (of a dog)
trained to herd sheep
Word origin
[1910–15; n., adj. use of v. phrase hunt away]This word is first recorded in the period 1910–15. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blackout, flashback, functionalism, isotope, radio