shelty

or shel·tie

[ shel-tee ]

/ ˈʃɛl ti /

noun, plural shel·ties. Informal.

Shetland pony.

Shetland sheepdog.

Nearby words

sheltered, sheltered housing, sheltered workshop, sheltie, shelton, sheltie, shelve, shelves, shelving, shem, shema

Origin of shelty

1640–50; shelt (< Old Norse hjaltr native of Shetland) + -y²

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Examples from the Web for sheltie

I had no bridle for my sheltie, but only a halter; and Joseph rode without a saddle.
Life Of Johnson, Volume 5|Boswell
I asked our guide, a lad of fourteen years of age, what was the average price of a sheltie.
Letters of a Traveller|William Cullen Bryant
"People might be walking about," I said to Angus when he lifted me from Sheltie's back.
The White People|Frances Hodgson Burnett
We could get but one bridle here, which, according to the maxim detur digniori, was appropriated to Dr. Johnson's sheltie.
Life Of Johnson, Volume 5|Boswell

British Dictionary definitions for sheltie

sheltie

shelty

/ (ˈʃɛltɪ) /

noun plural -ties

another name for Shetland pony, Shetland sheepdog

Word Origin for sheltie

C17: probably from Orkney dialect sjalti, from Old Norse Hjalti Shetlander, from Hjaltland Shetland

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Word Origin and History for sheltie

Sheltie

"small pony," 1640s, "Shetland pony," from Shelty, abbreviation of Sheltand, metathesis of Shetland. Or the word may represent the Orkney pronunciation of Old Norse Hjalti "Shetlander."