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shelty

or shel·tie

[shel-tee]
noun, plural shel·ties. Informal.
  1. Shetland pony.
  2. Shetland sheepdog.
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Origin of shelty

1640–50; shelt (< Old Norse hjaltr native of Shetland) + -y2
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Examples from the Web for shelty

Historical Examples

  • But at this moment Surefoot is stretched more like a stone than a shelty in the land of Nod.

    Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2)

    John Wilson

  • I can carry a ship through any sea a ship can live in; I could not drive a Shetland shelty down an empty street.

    Prisoners of Conscience

    Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

  • 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.

    Witch Stories

    E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton

  • When the deed was done the shelty was brought back to its tether as mysteriously as it had been taken away.

    Witch Stories

    E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton