单词 | briard |
释义 | briardn. A breed of large sheepdog with a long, wavy coat that partly obscures the eyes, originally bred in France; a dog of this breed. Frequently attributive, as Briard dog, Briard puppy, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > sheepdog > [noun] > other types of Old English sheepdog1890 Belgian sheepdog1901 Belgian Shepherd1901 briard1901 Calabrian1905 Groenendael1925 maremma1925 bouvier1934 Illyrian sheepdog1935 puli1936 Malinois1947 Tervueren1947 Owczarek1948 Old English1971 Aussie1972 1901 Turf, Field & Farm 1 Feb. 105/3 At ‘La Villette’, the great market for cows and sheep in Paris, one may see every day more than fifty ‘Briards’ and ‘Beaucerons’ at work and admire their sagacity and shrewdness. 1932 N.Y. Times 21 Feb. viii. 12/5 A Briard dog..will be led in by his mistress,..who rescued him six years ago. 1967 H. Kemelman Nine Mile Walk (1968) 156 Duke was..a briard, a Belgian sheepdog, a huge creature with a long rough iron-grey coat, the shaggy fur covering even his face. 2018 Times (National ed.) (Nexis) 14 Feb. 35 (caption) Jambo the briard is readied for the first day of competition at the Westminster Kennel Club's dog show in New York. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1901 |
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