sheltie

S1H4E1L1T1I1E1

noun

A Shetland pony; by extension, any small pony.

OriginOld Norse Hjalti →
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Meanings

sheltie1

nounsheltie (plural shelties)

plural shelties

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Sheltie.

Sheltie2

nounSheltie (plural Shelties)

plural Shelties · alternative sholtie · alternative sheltie · alternative Shelty · alternative shelty

  1. A Shetland pony; by extension, any small pony.

    You, sir, doubtless, are well mounted, and I, for the present, travel upon foot, or on a Highland shelty, that does not help me much faster forward.

    1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, pages 86–87
  2. A Shetland sheepdog.
  3. rareA Shetlander.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
shetland ponyshetland sheepdog

Origin

  1. Old NorseHjalti“Shetlander”
  2. EnglishSheltie

Probably ultimately representing Old Norse Hjalti (“Shetlander”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

sheitel
Cite this entry
APA

sheltie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheltie

MLA

“sheltie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheltie. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sheltie,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sheltie.

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