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coachdog

coachdog noun: a dog trained to accompany carriages.

Noun

coachdog (plural coachdogs)

  1. (historical) A dog trained to accompany carriages.
    • 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...1881 February, Felix Leopold Oswald, “Physical Education”, in Popular Science Monthly
  2. (dated) The Dalmatian (often used as a coach dog).
    Synonyms:
    carriage dog

Synonyms of coachdog

Forms of coachdog

pluralcoachdogs
alternative formcoach dog
alternative formcoach-dog

Origin of coachdog

From coach + dog.

Questions about coachdog

What does coachdog mean?
Coachdog means a dog trained to accompany carriages.
What part of speech is coachdog?
Coachdog is a noun.
What is the plural of coachdog?
The plural of coachdog is coachdogs.

Words near coachdog in the dictionary

  1. coachboxes
  2. coachbuilder
  3. coachbuilders
  4. coachbuilding
  5. coachbuilt
  6. coachdog
  7. coachdogs
  8. coached
  9. coached up
  10. coachee
  11. coachees

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