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terrier

/tɛ.ʁje/

adjective/tɛ.ʁje/

ground, earth, land; enumerating seignorial rights, notably in livre terrier (“land register”)

Inherited from Old French, from Medieval Latin terrārius (“of earth”) from Latin terra (“earth”); or equivalent to terre + -ier. Most terrier breeds were developed to hunt vermin both over and under the ground.

noun, masculine/tɛ.ʁje/plural: terriers

hole; earth; (rabbit) hole or burrow; (badger's) sett; terrier (dog)

Inherited from Old French, from Medieval Latin terrārius (“of earth”) from Latin terra (“earth”); or equivalent to terre + -ier. Most terrier breeds were developed to hunt vermin both over and under the ground.