setting dog
noun1
Historical A dog trained to set game; a setter.
- Affectation is not confined to Man, educated Animals all have a Share: the well-broke silky-hair'd English Setting-dog a large one.1789 March, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Thraliana:
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