Cheviot

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C0281400 (shĕv′ē-ət, chĕv′-)n.1. Any of a breed of hornless sheep with thick crimped wool, originally raised in the Cheviot Hills.2. also cheviot A woolen fabric with a coarse twill weave, used chiefly for suits and overcoats and originally made from the wool of this breed of sheep.

[After the Cheviot (Hills).]

Cheviot

(ˈtʃiːvɪət; ˈtʃɛv-) n1. (Breeds) a large British breed of sheep reared for its wool2. (Textiles) (often not capital) a rough twill-weave woollen suiting fabric

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n. 1. one of a British breed of sheep, noted for its heavy fleece of medium length. 2. (l.c.) a woolen fabric in a coarse twill weave, for coats, suits, etc. 3. (l.c.) either of two cotton fabrics used for shirts. [1805–15; after the Cheviot Hills, on the boundary of England and Scotland]

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Cheviot - hardy hornless sheep of the Cheviot Hills noted for its short thick wooldomestic sheep, Ovis aries - any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin

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(shĭv`ēət, shĕv`–), city (1990 pop. 9,616), Hamilton co., extreme SW Ohio, a residential suburb of Cincinnati; settled early 1800s, inc. 1904. It has diverse light manufacturing industries.

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a breed of semifine-wooled short-haired sheep raised for meat and wool. The breed was developed in the 18th century in Great Britain in the mountainous region of the Cheviot Hills by crossing local sheep with probably the Leicester breed. The rams weigh about 80 kg, and the ewes 60 kg. The white wool is 10 cm long and of 48–56 quality. A clipping yields 1.8–2.3 kg. The wool is used for soft woven fabrics and high-quality knitwear. One hundred ewes produce from 120 to 150 lambs. Cheviots are used for commercial crossing with other breeds. The animals can be acclimatized easily. They are distributed in many European countries, as well as in Canada, the USA, and Australia. In the USSR they were used in the development of the Estonian Whitehead breed.

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one of the common names for wool and part-wool worsted and fine-felted suiting produced by a serge interweaving resulting in small diagonal ribs on the surface. Cheviot is manufactured from simple and twisted woolen yarn; frequently cotton yarn is used as the warp or weft. Sometimes the fabric is made from blended wool and cotton yarn. Cheviot is produced in solid, usually dark, colors for making suits and various types of uniforms.

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[′shev·ē·ət] (textiles) A twill fabric similar to serge but having a slightly rough, napped surface; originally made of wool from sheep of the Cheviot Hills between England and Scotland. Striped or checked cotton shirting made of coarse yarns, woven to resemble woolen cheviot.

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1. a large British breed of sheep reared for its wool 2. a rough twill-weave woollen suiting fabric

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noun hardy hornless sheep of the Cheviot Hills noted for its short thick wool

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