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sporting dog

noun

  1. one of any of several breeds of usually large dogs especially suited by size and training for hunting by pointing, flushing, and retrieving game and including the pointers, setters, retrievers, and spaniels.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sporting dog1

First recorded in 1780–90
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Example Sentences

He could not be better likened than to an admirable sporting dog on the scent of some unusual game.

What was the use of being a sporting dog, if he could not now and then indulge his hunting proclivities?

Indeed, even animal food too freely given is said to have a prejudicial effect upon the nose of a sporting dog.

He was heavy, with flopping ears and overhanging lip and a thick tail; a regular sporting dog.

His approach was heralded by a scent which would have roused any sporting dog to frenzy.

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