rough collie

American  

noun

1. a breed of long-haired collie with a coarse black-and-white or black, tan, and white coat, thicker around its neck and shoulders.

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rough collie British  

noun

1. a large long-haired collie having a distinctive ruff and a long narrow head without a pronounced stop

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Example Sentences

Puyallup resident Marie Markovich’s love for collie dogs stemmed from the 1954 television show “Lassie,” which featured a rough collie named Lassie.

From Seattle Times

An animal control officer took the 1-year-old spayed black rough collie mix, which was wearing a blue nylon collar, to the shelter.

From Washington Post

Rough collie Kirki - named after the Greek goddess of magic, Circe - lived to the ripe age of 17 and owner Harissa Kastrioti reckons olive oil had something to do with it.

From BBC

Sigurd's mother, Trapelo Dora, born May 16, 1900, was also a sable and white rough collie.

From Project Gutenberg

Then he whistled thrice more and the echoes had hardly died away before the wise, towsy head of a rough collie with the big, brown eyes of the genuine Galloway sheep-dog peered out of the bracken and long grass of the burnside.

From Project Gutenberg