AIREDALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Airedale mean? 

• AIREDALE (noun)
  The noun AIREDALE has 1 sense:

1. breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire

  Familiarity information: AIREDALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AIREDALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Airedale; Airedale terrier

Hypernyms ("Airedale" is a kind of...):

terrier (any of several usually small short-bodied breeds originally trained to hunt animals living underground)

 Context examples 

The Airedale Terrier is a large terrier with a harsh wiry coat, long flat head, and a deep chest.

(Airedale Terrier, NCI Thesaurus)

The airedale—undoubtedly there was an airedale concerned in it somewhere though its feet were startlingly white—changed hands and settled down into Mrs. Wilson's lap, where she fondled the weather-proof coat with rapture.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)

"No, it's not exactly a police dog," said the man with disappointment in his voice. "It's more of an airedale." He passed his hand over the brown wash-rag of a back. "Look at that coat. Some coat. That's a dog that'll never bother you with catching cold."

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)