Dictionary.com

Popular Searches

 Thesaurus.com

heading dog

British  

noun

  1. a dog that heads off a flock of sheep or a single sheep

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Circle wide when heading dog, 569.

From Project Gutenberg

"Heading" Dog at his point—not practised too often—Dog to acquire a knowledge of his distance from Game.

From Project Gutenberg

Constantly "Heading" Dog may make him too immovable.

From Project Gutenberg

"Heading" Dog—Your circle to be wide.

From Project Gutenberg

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.