Plural of Airedale; a large, sturdy dog breed with a wiry coat, originally from Yorkshire, England.
Named after the Aire River valley (Airedale) in Yorkshire, England, where the breed was developed in the 19th century by crossing terriers with other dogs.
Airedales are called the 'King of Terriers' because they're the largest terrier breed, yet they retain the scrappy, fearless personality of their terrier ancestors—breeders in Victorian England basically asked 'what if we made a terrier big enough to handle a deer?'
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