BRIARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does briard mean? 

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

1. old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRIARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Old French breed of large strong usually black dogs having a long tail and long wavy and slightly stiff coat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

sheep dog; sheepdog; shepherd dog (any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep)

 Context examples 

Briards are generally black, gray, or tawny and have a shaggy beard, eyebrows and mustache.

(Briard, NCI Thesaurus)