wirehaired

or wire-haired

[ wahyuhr-haird ]

adjective
  1. having coarse, stiff, wirelike hair.

Origin of wirehaired

1
First recorded in 1795–1805; wire + haired

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How to use wirehaired in a sentence

  • There she lived, like an Amphitrite's wire-haired terrier tied up, till Alessandro went a-fishing.

    Sea and Sardinia | D. H. Lawrence
  • The farmers are wisely rooting out the wire-haired, big-tailed cape sheep, and substituting those which have wool on their backs.

  • The wire-haired fox terrier is really just like the smooth, but he looks quite different because of his stiff, wiry coat.

    The Dogs of Boytown | Walter A. Dyer
  • The Welsh terrier is related to the wire-haired fox, though he looks more like a small Airedale, being black and tan.

    The Dogs of Boytown | Walter A. Dyer
  • It was during one of the periods of laxity that a wire-haired terrier appeared from no one knew where.

    The Dogs of Boytown | Walter A. Dyer

British Dictionary definitions for wire-haired

wire-haired

adjective
  1. (of an animal) having a rough wiry coat

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