单词 | greyface |
释义 | > as lemmasgreyface greyface n. a cross-bred sheep with a grey speckled face produced from a Scottish Blackface ewe and a Border Leicester ram, common in parts of northern England and Scotland; such sheep considered collectively as a breed. ΚΠ 1906 Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. Scotl. 28 10 Blackface ewes..are crossed with a Border Leicester ram to bring grey-face lambs for the early lamb market. 1971 Country Life 25 Nov. 1477/3 The Masham and Greyface have been shown to give a rather higher lambing average. 2004 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 14 Sept. 22 We need the hill breeds to produce the cross-bred ewes such as Mules and Greyfaces for flocks in the uplands and on lower ground. < as lemmas |
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