shelty

or shel·tie

[ shel-tee ]

noun

, Informal.

, plural shel·ties.

1. Shetland pony.
2. Shetland sheepdog.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shelty¹

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

Example Sentences

“As much as I don’t like to see Shelty go, I’m on board with them making a change and wanting to go in a different direction,” Longoria said.

From Washington Times

“As much as I don’t like to see Shelty go, I’m on board with them making a change and wanting to go in a different direction,” Longoria said.

From Washington Times

From a Shelty with a scratch-pack in Surrey a generation since, to many a cavalry charge with bugle-clash and thundering tread on Old Dominion soil now twenty years ago, the daily life with that best of friends,—save always one,—the perfect saddle horse, brings many thoughts to mind.

From Project Gutenberg

Shetland pony, a small sturdy and shaggy horse, usually nine to ten hands high, a shelty; Shetland wool, a thin but strong undyed worsted, spun from the wool of the sheep in the Shetland Islands, much used for knitting fine shawls, &c.

From Project Gutenberg

Shelty, Sheltie, shel′ti, n. a Shetland pony.

From Project Gutenberg