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

They took us for Essex men because of our orange-tawny scarves, but they found out when too late that we were right-tight Cavalier lads and no crop-eared curmudgeons.

From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by McCarthy, Justin H. (Justin Huntly)

Then, I was like Hotspur on his crop-eared roan; now, I merely wish the desert were my dwelling-place, with one fair Spirit for my minister.

From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph

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

Young Hay of Romanes rode down to call, on his crop-eared pony; young Pringle of Drumanno 207 came up on his bony grey.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Stevenson, Robert Louis