Airedale
one of a breed of large terriers having a wiry, black-and-tan coat and a docked tail.
Origin of Airedale
1- Also called Airedale terrier.
Words Nearby Airedale
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How to use Airedale in a sentence
He was an Airedale and was pulling himself along on three legs, whimpering softly.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler WarnerYou take a common ancestral mutt, and generations later you can develop an Airedale, a dachshund or a Spitz.
A Feast of Demons | William MorrisonBeside him lay a wiry-haired Airedale, seemingly asleep yet with one eye ready to cock open at the captains slightest move.
Cursed | George Allan EnglandThat case where you fined me five pounds over an Airedale what tried to gobble up a tally-man.
The Law and the Poor | Edward Abbott ParryThe Airedale, hearing Hals step, got up and fawned against him.
Cursed | George Allan England
British Dictionary definitions for Airedale
/ (ˈɛəˌdeɪl) /
a large rough-haired tan-coloured breed of terrier characterized by a black saddle-shaped patch covering most of the back: Also called: Airedale terrier
Origin of Airedale
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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