shelty
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Etymology
Origin of shelty
1640–50; shelt (< Old Norse hjaltr “native of Shetland”) + -y 2
Example Sentences
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With his head on his breast he let the shelty take its own road through the mosses.
From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John
The beast was fresh, for it had not been out for two days—a rough Forest shelty with shaggy fetlocks and a mane like a thicket.
From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John
The sons were about to cross a voe or ferry; but one was to take his shelty, while the rest were to go by the boat.
From Witch Stories by Linton, E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn)
Even nearer home, the Irish turf cabin and the Highland stone shelty can hardly have advanced much during the last two thousand years.
From Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays by Wallace, Alfred Russel
The shelty shied at a line of firelight from the window, as Sim flung himself wearily on its back.
From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John
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