Definition of wire-haired in US English:
wire-haired
adjectiveˈwī(ə)rˌherdˈwaɪ(ə)rˌhɛrd
(especially of a dog breed) having stiff or wiry hair.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Cairn Terrier, for instance is wire-haired.
- She is a great dog lover and has a wire-haired dachshund who is the love of her life.
- He is a German wire-haired pointer so he is ideal for mountain rescue, he has bags of enthusiasm and energy.
- This woman bought a dog in Mexico, and they told her it was a Chihuahua, but when she brought it home, she discovered that in reality it was a wire-haired fox terrier!
- My parents' dog is a wire-haired fox terrier about eight years old.