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kyloe Sc.|ˈkaɪlə|
Also kylie.
[Origin uncertain. ? Related to kyle2.]
One of a small breed of cattle with long horns reared in the Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland.
1811Aiton Agric. Ayr. xiv. 414 Some have imagined that Kyloes, the name given to the Cattle of Argyleshire, is derived from Kyle. 1814Scott Wav. xi, Killancureit talked..of..dinmonts, and stots, and runts, and kyloes. 1861Smiles Engineers II. viii. viii. 380 Making little or no export from the country beyond the few lean kyloes, which paid the rent. 1882Ordnance Gaz. Scot. I. 71 The cattle are chiefly Kyloes or West Highlanders, a small shaggy race. |