a. a. Bred of a true or pure stock; of the true breed; thoroughbred. b. Having or manifesting true breeding or education.
1596. Shaks., 1 Hen. IV., I. ii. 206. I know them to bee as true bred Cowards as euer turn’d backe.
1690. Dryden, Don Sebastian, I. i. He is a substantial true-bred beast.
1809. T. Jefferson, Writ. (1830), IV. 126. True-bred shepherd’s dogs.
1886. C. Scott, Sheep-Farming, 183. In a true-bred sheep the staple of the wool is of an equal length and texture on all parts of the body.
1911. W. P. Ker, Eng. Lit., Mediæval, viii. 210. He writes of it in true-bred language.
