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▪ I. Romney, n.|ˈrɒmnɪ, ˈrʌmnɪ|
The name of George Romney (1734–1802), English portrait painter, used attrib. to designate fashions resembling those in portraits of women painted by Romney. Also absol., (the subject of) a portrait by Romney.
1905in C. W. Cunnington Eng. Women's Clothing (1952) ii. 67 The rage for the picture-frock for evening, of the Greuze or Romney style. 1909Mrs. H. Ward Daphne i. 16 A white muslin dress, à la Romney, with..a black-and-white Romney hat deeply shading the face beneath. Ibid. iii. 49 This room..bore witness to Miss Floyd's simplicity—like the Romney dress. 1909W. J. Locke Septimus iv. 58 Zora came down coated and veiled, her face radiant as a Romney in its frame of gauze. 1937M. Sharp Nutmeg Tree iv. 50 It makes you look like a Romney.
▪ II. Romney (Marsh)|ˈrʌmnɪ, ˈrɒmnɪ mɑːʃ|
The name of an area of rich grazing land on the coast of Kent, used absol. and attrib. to designate a stocky, long-woolled sheep of the breed so called.
1837W. Youatt Sheep vii. 239 In some parts of the east of the county a polled breed of middle size, a cross between the Romney Marsh and the South Down, is found. 1861Mrs. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. 327 (caption) Romney-Marsh Ewe. Ibid., The Romney Marsh..is a highly useful..variety..of the English domestic sheep. 1891,1894[see Kent n.3]. 1922V. Sackville-West Heir iv. 42 It's like sheep..Oxfordshire don't do on Romney Marsh, and Romney Marsh don't do in Oxfordshire. 1923[see Leicester]. 1926Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 16 Jan. 15/5 Two handsome Romney rams, proud and bellicose,..were landed today. 1950N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Jan. 15/3 The Romney sheep was by then [sc. about 1890] the dominant breed. 1957[see Kent n.3]. 1974T. Allbeury Snowball xiv. 72 It's been said that Romney Marsh sheep are bred only for survival. 1976Leicester Advertiser 26 Nov. 11/5 The Animal Breeding Research Organisation is importing four hairy Romney rams from New Zealand. 1978Jrnl. R. Soc. Arts CXXVI. 590/2 Factors limiting lamb production in New Zealand Romneys. |