shelty

American  

[shel-tee] / ˈʃɛl ti /

Or sheltie

noun

Informal.

plural

shelties

1. Shetland pony.

2. Shetland sheepdog.

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Etymology

Origin of shelty

1640–50; shelt (< Old Norse hjaltr “native of Shetland”) + -y ²

Example Sentences

The shelty had been recovered, and Sim to his pride found himself riding in the front with Wat and young Harden and others of the Scott and Elliot gentry.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John

It was ill riding on the braeface, and Sim and his shelty floundered among the screes.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John

There were one or two small office-houses about it devoted to a cow, a Galloway shelty, and a dozen hens.

From Bog-Myrtle and Peat Tales Chiefly of Galloway Gathered from the Years 1889 to 1895 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

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 shelty came down over the rump of a red bullock, and Sim was sprawling on his face in the trampled grass.

From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by Buchan, John