单词 | airedale |
释义 | Airedalen. In full Airedale terrier. The largest breed of terrier, originally bred for otter-hunting, having a dense wiry coat which is usually tan on the chest and legs and black on the back and sides; a dog of this breed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [noun] > other types of Irish terrier1798 Dandie Dinmont1851 Welsh terrier1857 Bedlington1867 Jack Russell1878 Airedale1880 Clydesdale1887 Border terrier1894 Manchester terrier1894 Sealyham1894 schnauzer1899 pinscher1906 Cairn terrier1910 Kerry blue terrier1922 Lakeland terrier1928 wheaten1943 Sydney silky1945 Manchester1971 Norfolk1971 wire1975 1880 H. Dalziel Brit. Dogs ii. xxvii. 377 The Airedale or Bingley Terrier. 1889 H. Dalziel Brit. Dogs (ed. 2) II. 385 The name Terrier, applied to the Airedale, is admittedly a stretching of the term far beyond its original meaning. 1916 F. M. Jowett Airedale Terrier 26 A dog brimful of true Airedale character and type. 1939 A. L. Hagedoorn Animal Breeding 262 Dog breeders made the Airedale Terrier larger by the use of Gordon Setters. 1976 J. McCloy & R. Miller Jersey Devil iv. 88 He described it as being ‘as big as a grown Airedale with black fur resembling Astrakhan.’ 2002 J. Cunliffe Encycl. Dog Breeds (new ed.) 239/1 With its small, dark eyes, a keen expression and quickness of movement, the Airedale constantly appears to be expecting something exciting to happen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1880 |
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