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

Among others was the great black crop-eared stone horse on which Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, was killed at the battle of Lutzen, two miles from Leipzig.

From The Natural History of Wiltshire by Aubrey, John

She was mounted on a long-backed bright bay horse, with a scraggy tail, crop-eared, and the mane, as if the rats had eaten part of it, nor was it very high in condition.

From Lander's Travels The Travels of Richard Lander into the Interior of Africa by Huish, Robert

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

Young Hay of Romanes rode down to call, on his crop-eared pony; young Pringle of Drumanno 207 came up on his bony grey.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis