Lonkn.

/lɒŋk/

Etymology: dialect variant of Lank, the first syllable of Lancashire: see Eng. Dial. Dict.

A large-sized variety of mountain sheep which originated in Lancashire or Yorkshire; the wool of this variety of sheep.

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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 > Yorkshire or Lancashire breeds

Lonk1863

Wensleydale1893

Swaledale1916

Masham1951

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from sheep > from specific variety of sheep

mouflon1888

Lonk1940

Swaledale1971

1863 in W. Fream Youatt's Compl. Grazier (1893) 473 If the Lonks be as hardy as they are good, they must be the most valuable sheep for the hills that we have at present.

1866 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 2 367 The hill ranges of Yorkshire and Lancashire are believed to be the earliest home of the Lonks.

1911 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 778/2 The lonk is believed to have come originally from the Yorkshire hills.

1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 510/2 Lonk, wool that comes from the large type of mountain sheep of the same name, reared on the Lancashire and Yorkshire moorlands.

1968 A. Fraser & J. T. Stamp Sheep Husb. (ed. 5) ii. 110 The Lonk. Another horned and black-faced breed is native to a rather confined hill district of Lancashire and Yorkshire. It is a big sheep, handsome, with very clearly differentiated black-and-white markings on face and legs, strong-boned and active.

1972 J. Wainwright Night is Time to Die 7 The dark patch could be a sheep... Ye-es—it could be some stupid, wandering Lonk.

1974 Times 23 Feb. 14 Several farmers may turn out their Swaledale or Scottish Blackface, Herdwick or Lonk sheep onto one moor.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	lonk
释义	Lonkn. /lɒŋk/ Etymology: dialect variant of Lank, the first syllable of Lancashire: see Eng. Dial. Dict. A large-sized variety of mountain sheep which originated in Lancashire or Yorkshire; the wool of this variety of sheep. 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 > Yorkshire or Lancashire breeds Lonk1863 Wensleydale1893 Swaledale1916 Masham1951 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > wool > [noun] > type of > from sheep > from specific variety of sheep mouflon1888 Lonk1940 Swaledale1971 1863 in W. Fream Youatt's Compl. Grazier (1893) 473 If the Lonks be as hardy as they are good, they must be the most valuable sheep for the hills that we have at present. 1866 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 2nd Ser. 2 367 The hill ranges of Yorkshire and Lancashire are believed to be the earliest home of the Lonks. 1911 Chambers's Jrnl. Dec. 778/2 The lonk is believed to have come originally from the Yorkshire hills. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 510/2 Lonk, wool that comes from the large type of mountain sheep of the same name, reared on the Lancashire and Yorkshire moorlands. 1968 A. Fraser & J. T. Stamp Sheep Husb. (ed. 5) ii. 110 The Lonk. Another horned and black-faced breed is native to a rather confined hill district of Lancashire and Yorkshire. It is a big sheep, handsome, with very clearly differentiated black-and-white markings on face and legs, strong-boned and active. 1972 J. Wainwright Night is Time to Die 7 The dark patch could be a sheep... Ye-es—it could be some stupid, wandering Lonk. 1974 Times 23 Feb. 14 Several farmers may turn out their Swaledale or Scottish Blackface, Herdwick or Lonk sheep onto one moor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1863
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