Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small stocky dog of a breed developed in Belgium, having dense long black fur and small pointed ears.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. breed of small stocky black dogs originally used as watchdogs on boats in the Netherlands and Belgium
Etymologies
- Dutch, diminutive of schipper, skipper, from its use on boats. (Wiktionary)
- Flemish, diminutive of schipper, skipper (from the dog's use as a watchdog on a boat), from Middle Dutch; see skipper1. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
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“Keane lives in the small, fairly isolated mountain town of Nederland with his two dogs, Buck, a cross between a Rhodesian Ridgeback and a Great Dane, and Wheat, a schipperke who was abused by his previous owner.”
“A small black dog, something like a schipperke?" asked Comus in a low voice.”
“My dog was bitten by a schipperke, and she had the scar for the rest of her life.”
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chained_bear See comments at schipperkey. Thanks to skipvia. Oct 29, 2007