husky

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
husky1

▶adjective (huskier, huskiest)

• 1 (of a voice) low-pitched and slightly hoarse.

• 2 big and strong.

• 3 like or consisting of husks.

– derivatives
huskily adverb,
huskiness noun.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
husky2

▶noun (pl. huskies) a powerful dog of a breed with a thick double coat, used in the Arctic for pulling sledges.

– origin C19 (orig. denoting the Eskimo lang. or an Eskimo): abbrev. of obs. Ehuskemay or Newfoundland dial. Huskemaw ‘Eskimo’.