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mouflon Nat. Hist.|ˈmuːflɒn|
Also 8– moufflon, 8–9 mufflon.
[a. F. mouflon, ad. early Sard. *mofrone (whence the mod. forms murvoni, murone):—late L. mufron (Polemius Silvius, 5th c.). Cf. muffle n.]
1. A wild sheep, esp. Ovis musimon, native of the mountainous regions of southern Europe, as Sardinia, Corsica, and the Isles of Greece. maned mouflon, ruffled mouflon, the wild sheep of Barbary, Ammotragus tragelaphus.
1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. III. 39 The moufflon, which is the sheep in a savage state, is a bold, fleet creature. 1792J. Belknap Hist. New Hampsh. III. 144 The breed might be renewed and improved by importing from Barbary the mufflon. 1843J. Saunders in C. Knight London V. cxvii. 261 In the centre..is a curious little open hut, with projecting eaves... A horned sheep, the mouflon, is confined in it. 1864J. Ormsby Autumn Rambles in N. Afr. 70 The Feshtall is the maned moufflon of the Atlas. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 635/1 Of ruminants..we find one mufflon (Musimon vignei). 1905Blackw. Mag. Mar. 321/2 A large number of gazelle and muflon—Barbary wild sheep—were allowed to roam at will. 1970Ashmolean Mus. Rep. Visitors 1969 14 Omphalos bronze bowl decorated on the inside with mouflon among the trees. 1974Environmental Conservation I. 9/1 Antelope, mouflon, and ostriches, have been exterminated over large areas.
attrib.1893Lydekker Horns & Hoofs 85 An..account of mouflon shooting is given. 1932J. S. Huxley Probl. Relative Growth iii. 88 The adult wild Mouflon ewe is in its proportions but little in advance of the improved Suffolk lamb.
2. The fur of the mouflon; woollen fabric made from the mouflon's coat. Occas. used erron. of the fur of the Mongolian goat. Also attrib.
1905Westm. Gaz. 29 Sept. 13/2 With moufflon fur. 1910Encycl. Brit. XI. 351/2 Many Mongolian goats with the long hairs pulled out are sold as mouflon. 1949Amer. Speech XXIV. 98 There is a species of goat from the mountains of northern China characterized by pelts of downy underhair... These furs are widely used and are called moufflons or pulled goat. 1952C. W. Cunnington Eng. Women's Clothing 295 Moufflon serge ('18), ‘a kind of brushed woollen textile’. 1962Guardian 21 July 4/7 A mist of softest peltry—chinchilla, sables, mink, and millinery moufflon. 1973Ibid. 27 Feb. 11/2 Coat in white mouflon wool. |