Cotswold sheep

Cotswold sheep
Cotswold Cots"wold` (k?ts"w?ld`), n. [Cot a cottage or hut + wold an open country.] An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire, England. [1913 Webster]

{Cotswold sheep}, a long-wooled breed of sheep, formerly common in the counties of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester, Eng.; -- so called from the Cotswold Hills. The breed is now chiefly amalgamated with others. [1913 Webster]


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  • Cotswold — Cots wold (k?ts w?ld ), n. [Cot a cottage or hut + wold an open country.] An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire, England. [1913 Webster] {Cotswold sheep}, a long wooled breed of sheep, formerly… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Cotswold — noun sheep with long wool originating in the Cotswold Hills • Hypernyms: ↑domestic sheep, ↑Ovis aries …   Useful english dictionary

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