puli

American  

[pool-ee, pyoo-lee] / ˈpʊl i, ˈpyu li /

noun

plural

pulik, pulis

1. one of a Hungarian breed of medium-sized sheepdogs having long, fine hair that often mats, giving the coat a corded appearance.

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puli British  

/ ˈpjuːlɪ, ˈpʊlɪ /

noun

1. a breed of Hungarian sheepdog having a very long dense coat, usually black, that hangs in strands with a ropey or corded appearance

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Etymology

Origin of puli

1935–40; < Hungarian, alteration of pudli poodle, shortening of earlier pudlikutya, translation of German Pudelhund; poodle

Example Sentences

A German shepherd called Rumor who just missed winning at the Westminster Kennel Club last year came back to score a big victory Monday night, beating out favored Preston the puli in the herding group.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2017

The Labrador retriever is one of the most basic dog breeds—it has nothing resembling the Rastafarian coat of the puli, or the complicated ear structure of the puffin-hunting Norwegian lundehund.

From Slate • Feb. 13, 2012

Favre, showed a puli and a Kerry blue.

From Time Magazine Archive

And on one side of the driveway, beside the old well, in the shade of the kodam puli tree, a silent blue-aproned army gathered in the greenheat to watch.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy

We are puli men, They are tiru men: If one śâ man, Surrounds tiru men.

From Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India by Kingscote, Mrs. Howard