Sheltie

See also: sheltie

English

Probably ultimately representing Old Norse Hjalti (“Shetlander”).

Sheltie (plural Shelties)

A Shetland pony; by extension, any small pony.
- 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], Rob Roy. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
  ‘You, sir, doubtless, are well mounted, and I for the present travel on foot, or on a Highland shelty, that does not help me much faster forward.’
A Shetland sheepdog.
(rare) A Shetlander.

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