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Qu'est-ce (qui) est turnspit - définition

EXTINCT DOG BREED
Canis vertigus; Vernepator Cur; Spit dog; Turnspit Dog; Turnespete

turnspit      
¦ noun historical a servant (or small dog running on a treadmill) whose job was to turn a spit on which meat was roasting.
Turnspit      
·noun One who turns a spit; hence, a person engaged in some menial office.
II. Turnspit ·noun A small breed of dogs having a long body and short crooked legs. These dogs were formerly much used for turning a spit on which meat was roasting.
Turnspit dog         
The Turnspit dog was a short-legged, long-bodied dog bred to run on a wheel, called a turnspit or dog wheel, to turn meat. The type is now extinct.

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Turnspit dog

The turnspit dog is an extinct short-legged, long-bodied dog bred to run on a wheel, called a turnspit or dog wheel, to turn meat. It is mentioned in Of English Dogs in 1576 under the name "Turnespete". William Bingley's Memoirs of British Quadrupeds (1809) also talks of a dog employed to help chefs and cooks. It is also known as the Kitchen Dog, the Cooking Dog, the Underdog and the Vernepator. In Linnaeus's 18th-century classification of dogs it is listed as Canis vertigus (also used as Latin name for the Dachshund). The breed was lost, since it was considered to be such a lowly and common dog that no record was effectively kept of it. Some sources consider the Turnspit dog a kind of Glen of Imaal Terrier, while others make it a relative of the Welsh Corgi.

A preserved example of a turnspit dog is displayed at Abergavenny Museum in Abergavenny, Wales.