huntaway

[ huhnt-uh-wey ]
/ ˈhʌnt əˌweɪ /
Australian

noun

a sheep dog.

adjective

(of a dog) trained to herd sheep.

Origin of huntaway

First recorded in 1910–15; noun, adj. use of verb phrase hunt away

Words nearby huntaway

hunt the slipper, hunt up, hunt's neuralgia, hunt's syndrome, hunt's-up, huntaway, hunted, hunter, hunter green, hunter trials, hunter's canal

British Dictionary definitions for huntaway

huntaway
/ (ˈhʌntəˌweɪ) /

noun

NZ a dog trained to drive sheep at a long distance from the shepherd