See also: Labrador (def. 2a) Labrador retriever lesser Newfoundland
- 1842  [These water-dogs] are of two kinds; the short, wiry-haired Labrador dog, and the long, curly-haired Newfoundland species, generally black, with a white cross upon the breast.
- 1910  For Police purposes many Labrador dogs have been bought, these averaging over seventy pounds in weight when in condition.
2 a sled-dog of the Labrador Eskimos.
- 1957  They have no name but are called "Newfoundland" dogs, I suppose to distinguish them from the "Labrador" dogs, that is, the huskies.