单词 | colbred |
释义 | Colbredn. The name of a highly fertile breed of sheep obtained by crossing the Border Leicester, Clun, Friesland, and Dorset Horn; a sheep of this breed. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of mug1596 down1721 Shropshire1768 Norfolk sheep1778 Ryeland1786 Southdown1786 Persian1794 Leicester1798 Southdowner1799 Ryeland1802 loaghtan1812 Manx loaghtan1812 herdwick1837 Wallachian1837 Norfolk1851 Teeswater1861 bluefaced Leicester1864 Rough Fell1871 Border Leicester1873 Mexican1878 Cheviot1883 fat-tail1888 pampas1892 pampas sheep1895 turbary1908 karakul1913 East Friesian1949 Texel1949 Norfolk Horn1961 Colbred1962 1962 O. H. Colburn in Times 3 July (Agric. Suppl.) p. v/1 Our Company, H. A. Colburn & Son, decided in 1954 to develop an entirely new breed of sheep designed especially for high prolificacy and high milking capacity, and we chose the name Colbred for them. One result of that decision was the formal registration of the Colbred Sheep Society Limited on July 14, 1961. 1963 Guardian 21 Aug. 2/8 Mr. Colburn has shown for the first time at the Royal Show at Newcastle upon Tyne the Colbred sheep which he had bred over five generations from crossings of three British and one Continental breed. 1967 Times 26 June 6/7 The Colbred..was never intended for use as a self-contained breed but always for crossing with hill ewes to provide highly productive daughters. 1967 Times 26 June 6/8 He maintains a strong flock of pure Colbreds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1962 |
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