border collie

noun

border collie

noun

Etymology Essentially the collie from the Scottish and English Borders.

1

A herding dog of a breed originating near the border between England and Scotland, and specifically bred for intelligence and obedience.

  • And you really know you are in The Dales when you see a border collie riding on the back of a quadbike!2026 April 29, 'Mystery Shopper', “Misty moors to modern Metro”, in RAIL, number 1060, page 51:
Derived terms
borgi

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