OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Old English sheepdog mean? 

• OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG (noun)
  The noun OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG has 1 sense:

1. large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain

  Familiarity information: OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

bobtail; Old English sheepdog

Hypernyms ("Old English sheepdog" is a kind of...):

sheep dog; sheepdog; shepherd dog (any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep)