| 单词 | oxford down |
| 释义 | > as lemmasOxford Down 5. Usually with capital initial. Any of various breeds of sheep originally raised for both meat and wool on the Downs of southern England (see sense 2), or developed from them by cross-breeding; (also) a sheep of such a breed. Chiefly attributive as Down breed, Down sheep, etc., or with qualifying word, as Dorset Down, Hampshire Down, Oxford Down. See also Southdown n. 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 1721 R. Bradley Gen. Treat Husbandry & Gardening I. 19 Some, indeed, tell us that the agreeable flavour of the Down Mutton is owing to the wild Thyme, which those Creatures eat in great quantity on those high Lands, but I am of the Opinion that this is a Mistake. 1822 R. W. Dickson Compl. Syst. Improved Live Stock & Cattle Managem. I. 378/1 The most noted variety is that of Mr. Ellman, of Glynd, in Sussex, who is supposed to have first enlarged the down breed by the aid of polled or natt Berkshire tups. 1831 Lincoln Herald 21 Oct. 1/1 Prime young Downs sell at 4s. to 5s. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 345/2 A heavier sort of sheep, a cross between the Somerset and the Down. 1878 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Ups & Downs xx. 245 Fancy three hundred acres in Oxfordshire, with a score or two of bullocks, and twice as many black-faced Down sheep. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 259/1 Dorset Down, one of the Down breed sheep with fine close wool which is used largely for Cheviot quality woollens and for hosiery yarns. 1989 S. Hall & J. Clutton-Brock 200 Years Brit. Farm Livestock i. 14 The longwools were soon superseded by the Down breeds. 2014 B. Smith Spinner's Bk. Fleece vi. 151 In addition to true Downs (Suffolk, Southdown, Oxford, Hampshire, Dorset Down, and Shropshire, for instance), I include in this chapter breeds with wool that looks and acts like that of the true Down breeds. Oxford Down 3. In full Oxford Down. A breed of sheep produced by crossing Cotswold and Hampshire Down sheep; a sheep of this breed.First bred by Samuel Druce at Eynsham, Oxfordshire, about 1830. 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 > Hampshire > cross-breed Oxford1849 Oxfordshire1859 1849 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 10 436 The Cotswold is a large breed of sheep, and is the stock from which the class called new Oxford is sprung. 1859 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 20 345 The Oxford Downs date from the year 1833..when a neat, well-made Cotswold ram was used with Hampshire ewes. 1893 H. H. Bancroft Bk. of Fair xix. 621 For the best sheep awards were made to exhibitors of Cotswold, Leicester, Lincoln, Cheviot, Dorset, Southdown, Shropshire, Oxford, Hampshire, and merinos... The largest number of entries was of merinos, delaine-merinos, Southdowns, and Oxfords. 1970 Observer 26 Apr. (Colour Suppl.) 36/1 All six Down breeds..are shortwools, Oxford Down..being heaviest... Bold-looking sheep with top~knot of wool above dark face. 1989 S. G. Hall & J. Clutton-Brock 200 Years Brit. Farm Livestock ix. 115 These were too fat for the twentieth century market and Oxford, later Suffolk, rams were used instead. < as lemmas |
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