1Australian NZ A sheepdog or cattle dog trained to drive animals by running or nipping at their heels.
my dog is a heeler and so doesn't require much grooming
Example sentencesExamples
He is a natural heeler, and loves motivation and respond training.
Her dad had made her shoot the old heelers when they could no longer work.
Caper, a three-year old blue heeler mix, is an attractive, loving and playful companion.
Our dog was a good heeler.
The breed became so popular among Queensland ranchers that it came to be known as the Queensland heeler or Queensland blue heeler.
Our dog has border collie and blue heeler in her and was nippy and mouthy when she was younger.
2North American A person who uses a rope to catch a steer by its heels (as opposed to its head), especially in a team-roping rodeo event.
when the steer runs through the loop, the heeler must quickly pull the slack out of his rope
Example sentencesExamples
Both the header and heeler wrap their ropes around the saddle horn as quickly as possible.
Team roping is a two-person timed event, involving a header and a heeler.
Today, he competes as a heeler in team roping, an event that requires precision timing between partners.
The boys got two loops on the animal's snout and twelve men, six on either side, pulled in opposite directions while the heeler got another loop on the lashing tail.
Header Brazile and heeler Patrick Smith went on to win the round in a time of 4.8 seconds.
Definition of heeler in US English:
heeler
nounˈhilərˈhēlər
1North American A person who ropes a steer by its heels (as opposed to its head), especially in a team-roping rodeo event.
when the steer runs through the loop, the heeler must quickly pull the slack out of his rope
Example sentencesExamples
Header Brazile and heeler Patrick Smith went on to win the round in a time of 4.8 seconds.
Today, he competes as a heeler in team roping, an event that requires precision timing between partners.
The boys got two loops on the animal's snout and twelve men, six on either side, pulled in opposite directions while the heeler got another loop on the lashing tail.
Team roping is a two-person timed event, involving a header and a heeler.
Both the header and heeler wrap their ropes around the saddle horn as quickly as possible.
2Australian NZ A sheepdog or cattle dog trained to drive animals by running or nipping at their heels.
my dog is a heeler and so doesn't require much grooming
Example sentencesExamples
Caper, a three-year old blue heeler mix, is an attractive, loving and playful companion.
He is a natural heeler, and loves motivation and respond training.
Our dog has border collie and blue heeler in her and was nippy and mouthy when she was younger.
Her dad had made her shoot the old heelers when they could no longer work.
Our dog was a good heeler.
The breed became so popular among Queensland ranchers that it came to be known as the Queensland heeler or Queensland blue heeler.