crop-eared

American  

[krop-eerd] / ˈkrɒpˌɪərd /

adjective

1. having the ears cropped.

2. having the hair cropped short, so that the ears are conspicuous.

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crop-eared British  

adjective

1. having the ears or hair cut short

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Etymology

Origin of crop-eared

First recorded in 1520–30

Example Sentences

The joint efforts of all New York S. P. C. A.'s were rewarded in the Shonk-Thompson Act, which declares illegal the possession or exhibition in New York State of crop-eared dogs.

From Time Magazine Archive

But crop-eared you were and crop-eared you are; one of Shaftesbury's brisk boys, my lord!

From Shrewsbury A Romance by Weyman, Stanley J.

"Bless the devil, ye crop-eared knave!" exclaimed Sir Geoffrey; "for nothing less than the father of all fanatics saved your brains from being blown about like the rinsings of Beelzebub's porridge pot!"

From Peveril of the Peak by Scott, Walter, Sir

Young Hay of Romanes rode down to call, on his crop-eared pony; young Pringle of Drumanno came up on his bony grey.

From Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis

A schoolboy wrote to Scott at this time, "Oh, Sir Walter, how could you take the lady from the gallant Cavalier, and give her to the crop-eared Covenanter?"

From Old Mortality, Volume 1. by Scott, Walter, Sir