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Border terrier

noun

  1. one of a British breed of small terriers having a dense, wiry coat ranging in color from red to pale yellow, sometimes being gray and tan, or blue and tan.


border terrier

noun

  1. a small rough-coated breed of terrier that originated in Britain
“Collins 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of Border terrier1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Example Sentences

But a bulldog might find itself headed there years before a Border terrier, according to a new study of nearly 600,000 British dogs from more than 150 breeds.

Happy customers such as Joey the Border terrier and Nellie the Welsh terrier had serious snips, leaving behind a mountain of fur that was about half the height of the pooches themselves.

Raisen, a Border terrier, wears a collar because her owner wants her to, even though Ms. Klein would prefer she wear a harness.

“I like to gather all my subjects,” she says, as her feisty Border terrier, Pop, investigates a patch of sticky willow.

She got a new dog, a Border terrier named Little Will, and resumed work, often in collaboration with very different kinds of artists.

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