coachdog

plural coachdogs · alternative coach dog · alternative coach-dog

1. historicalA dog trained to accompany carriages.

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   Dog No. 1 was then confined in a comfortable kennel, while No. 2 had to run after the doctor's coach, not at a breathless rate of speed, but at a fair, brisk trot, for two hours and a half. As soon as they got home, the coach-dog and his comrade were slain and dissected: the kennel-dog had completely digested his meal, while the chips and cubes in the coach-dog's stomach had not changed their form at all; the process of assimilation had not even begun!

   1881 February 28, Felix Leopold Oswald, “Physical Education”, in Popular Science Monthly

2. datedThe Dalmatian (often used as a coach dog).

   Synonyms: carriage dog