Tibetan terrier

American  

noun

1. one of a breed of medium-sized dogs having a long, fine coat, in solid white, cream, gray, black, or parti-colored, with hair falling over the eyes and forming a beard on the lower jaw, and a curled tail, bred originally by lamas in Tibetan monasteries.

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Tibetan terrier British  

noun

1. a breed of dog with a long dense shaggy coat: it resembles a small Old English sheepdog

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Etymology

Origin of Tibetan terrier

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

The group disbanded after he retired in his mid-60s and returned to New York, where he went on long walks across Manhattan with his Tibetan terrier.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2022

Their store is named after their dog, a 3-year-old Tibetan terrier with fluffy white bangs and an open-mouthed smile.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2022

Their store is named after their rescue dog, a 4-year-old Tibetan terrier with fluffy white bangs and an open-mouthed smile.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2022

Walking Fiona, her beautifully-groomed and impeccably behaved Tibetan terrier, Jean said she hoped to glimpse of the pontiff at some point in his 40-hour visit, “but I’m not sitting waiting for eight hours”.

From The Guardian • Sep. 24, 2015

“I was supposed to send him poems as I wrote them,” she said, her legs folded on an ottoman in her prewar apartment on Riverside Drive as she stroked her Tibetan terrier, Waldo.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2010