soft-coated wheaten terrier

noun

: any of a breed of compact medium-sized terriers developed in Ireland and having a soft abundant light fawn coat

Examples of soft-coated wheaten terrier in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The other five were a golden retriever (sporting), a pharaoh hound (hound), a Siberian husky (working), a soft-coated wheaten terrier (terrier), and an old English sheepdog (herding). — Roxanne Roberts, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for soft-coated wheaten terrier

• farrier
• ferrier
• harrier
• merrier
• perrier