Definition of Shetland pony

1. Noun. Breed of very small pony with long shaggy mane and tail.

Generic synonyms: Pony

Definition of Shetland pony

1. Noun. A small horse of a breed originally from the Shetland Islands ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shetland Pony

Shermanesque
Sherpa
Sherpur District
Sherri
Sherrington
Sherrington's law
Sherrington phenomenon
Sherry
Sherwood
Sherwood Anderson
Sherwood Forest
Sheryl
Shetland
Shetland Islands
Shetland ponies
Shetland pony
Shetland sheep dog
Shetland sheepdog
Shetland wool
Shetlander
Shetlands
Shevat
Shevchenko
Shi'a
Shi'ite
Shi'ite Muslim
Shia
Shia Islam
Shia Muslim
Shia crescent

Literary usage of Shetland pony

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1908)
"... shetland pony 484 Welsh pony 486 Exmoor and Dartmoor ponies 487 New Forest pony 487 Hackney pony 487 Ponies of Scotland 488 Galloway 488 Connemara, ..."

2. Types and Breeds of Farm Animals by Charles Sumner Plumb (1906)
"CHAPTER XXII shetland pony The native home of the shetland pony is on a group of ... The type of the shetland pony is really that of a small draft horse, ..."

3. Types and Breeds of Farm Animals by Charles Sumner Plumb (1920)
"CHAPTER XX THE shetland pony The native home of the shetland pony is on a group of ... The type of the shetland pony is really that of a small draft horse, ..."

4. Public School Methods (1921)
"(f) THE shetland pony. The study of the breeds of horses should be made to include at least one or two of the pony breeds. The most popular of these is the ..."

5. Robert Merry's Museum by Samuel G Goodrich (1842)
"The shetland pony, THIS diminutive breed of horses, many of which are not larger than a Newfoundland dog, is common in Shetland, and all the islands on the ..."

6. The Popular Science Monthly (1891)
"THE shetland pony has been invested with a halo of romance somewhat out of keeping with the prosaic surroundings of its native home; and this, apparently, ..."

7. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1891)
"THE shetland pony has been invested with a halo of romance somewhat out of keeping with the prosaic surroundings of-1 native home; and this, apparently, ..."

8. The Horse by Isaac Phillips Roberts (1917)
"THE shetland pony Until quite recently, the shetland pony was the only one bred in considerable numbers in the eastern states. The Shetland is the smallest ..."

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