单词 | cheviot sheep |
释义 | > as lemmasCheviot sheep 1. Cheviot sheep, in plural often Cheviots: a hardy breed of short-wooled sheep, thriving on the Cheviot Hills and in mountainous districts, and valued on account of their heavy carcasses and fine thick-set wool, Cheviot wool. Π 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. ii. 22 Highland cattle and Cheviot sheep. 1841 Penny Cycl. XXI. 359/1 The Cheviots..differ essentially from both the black and the dun-faced breeds by which they are surrounded, but neither history nor tradition has given the slightest clue to their origin. 1870 R. Broughton Red as Rose II. 5 Jack's sheep..the Cheviots that he was so proud of. < as lemmas |
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