Perendale
/ˈpɛrəndeɪl
/noun
A sheep of a New Zealand breed developed for hilly terrain and farmed for meat and wool: Perendales are good foragers and they look after themselves...
- He has turned the farm into an organic operation, specialising in macadamias and avocados, as well as running Perendale sheep.
- We've got 80 Murray Grey breeding cows and about 600 Perendale ewes.
- There is a mixed population of Coopworth, Romney, and Perendale dams.
Origin
1950s: from Sir Geoffrey Peren (1892–1980), who developed the breed by crossing Romneys and Cheviots at New Zealand's Massey University.
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