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The name of a county on the east coast of England, used attrib. in Lincolnshire Curly-Coat(ed), a pig of the extinct breed so called; Lincolnshire limestone, a bed of oolitic limestone of Upper Jurassic (Bajocian) age, extensively developed in Lincolnshire and adjoining counties; Lincolnshire Longwool = Lincoln Longwool; Lincolnshire Red = Lincoln Red.
[1847H. D. Richardson Pigs iii. 36 The old Lincolnshire breed was light coloured, or even white, with, in most specimens, a curly and woolly coat.] 1917W. Powell-Owen Pig-Keeping xi. 130 Lincoln Curly Coated. This Eastern counties breed is..most useful for crossing purposes. 1921H. A. Day Pig-Keeping 13 The Lincolnshire Curly-Coated. I see no reason why this breed should not be given a trial in districts where it is seldom met. 1972Country Life 16 Mar. 606/2 Oxford Sandy and Black..are only one of five breeds of pigs that have become extinct, the others being the Cumberland, the Dorset Gold Tip, the Lincolnshire Curly Coat and the Yorkshire Blue and White.
1873Q. Jrnl. Geol. Soc. XXIX. 226 The main feature of my Second Part will be the description and consideration of a series of beds grouped by Mr. Judd under the name of the ‘Lincolnshire Limestone’. Ibid. 284 A few words as to the extent of the area occupied by the Lincolnshire Limestone. It ranges through the whole of the county of Lincoln, stretching into South Yorkshire on the north, and through Rutland into Northamptonshire on the south. 1969Bennison & Wright Geol. Hist. Brit. Isles xiii. 301 The latter [sc. Collyweston Slate] forms a transition to the Lincolnshire Limestone which, appearing in Northamptonshire, thickens northwards to form the conspicuous west-facing escarpment on which Lincoln Cathedral stands.
1874R. O. Pringle Live-Stock of Farm vii. 251 The old Lincolnshire long-wools were ungainly animals. 1897W. Housman Cattle iii. 96 The excellence and purity of the Lincolnshire Red Shorthorn breed. |