crop-eared

American  

[krop-eerd] / ˈkrɒpˌɪərd /

adjective

1. having the ears cropped.

2. having the hair cropped short, so that the ears are conspicuous.

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crop-eared British  

adjective

1. having the ears or hair cut short

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Etymology

Origin of crop-eared

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

The joint efforts of all New York S. P. C. A.'s were rewarded in the Shonk-Thompson Act, which declares illegal the possession or exhibition in New York State of crop-eared dogs.

From Time Magazine Archive

They took us for Essex men because of our orange-tawny scarves, but they found out when too late that we were right-tight Cavalier lads and no crop-eared curmudgeons.

From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

But crop-eared you were and crop-eared you are; one of Shaftesbury's brisk boys, my lord!

From Shrewsbury A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.

The pony being gentle I caught and mounted him at once, and by the time we had got back to town money could not have bought that little crop-eared horse from me.

From Thirty-One Years on the Plains and in the Mountains, Or, the Last Voice from the Plains An Authentic Record of a Life Time of Hunting, Trapping, Scouting and Indian Fighting in the Far West by Drannan, William F.

The alaund, a big, crop-eared dog, is in the 15th-century shield of John Woode of Kent, and “kenets,” or little tracking dogs, in a 13th-century coat of Kenet.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various