Clumber spaniel

English

Etymology

Named from the estate of the Duke of Newcastle.

Noun

Clumber spaniel (plural Clumber spaniels)

  1. A spaniel of a British breed, with short legs and stout body, which, unlike other spaniels, hunts silently.

Translations

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Clumber spaniel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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