单词 | cotswold |
释义 | Cotswoldn. The proper name of a range of hills in Gloucestershire, England, noted for some centuries for their sheep-pastures, and for a breed of long-wooled sheep named after them. Hence also Cotswold lion, a humorous appellation for a sheep. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [noun] > one who is timid > ironical name for sheep lion of Cotswold1546 Cotswold lion1548 Lammermoor lion1721 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > humorous names for mutton?c1335 lion of Cotswold1546 Cotswold lion1548 Lammermoor lion1721 1306 Petit. in Rolls of Parl. I. 198/2 Ecclesie de Newenton super Coteswalde. 1327 Petit. in Rolls of Parl. II. 182/1 Unze Sakes & Sys cloves de le meliour Leyn de Coteswold a l'oeps nostre dit Seignour.] 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcvi Liberte for certayn cottesolde shepe to be transported in to the countre of Spayne. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. vi. sig. G.iij Then will he looke as fierce as a Cotssold lyon. ?1562 Thersytes sig. A.iiiv Now haue at the lyons on cotsolde. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. iii. 9 But I bethinke me what a weary way From Rauenspurgh to Cotshall will be found. a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1618) iii. 18 Loe then, the mystery from whence the name Of Cotsold Lyons first to England came. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 83 How do's your fallow Greyhound, Sir, I heard say he was out-run on Cotsall . View more context for this quotation 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Coteswold (old word), a company of sheepcotes, and sheep feeding on hills. 1864 Daily Tel. 22 Sept. I shall cross my Downs with Cotswolds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1548 |
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