| 释义 |
Clun|klʌn|
The name of a town, river, and forest in Shropshire, used to designate a breed of sheep originating in this area.
1883Encycl. Brit. XVI. 789/1 On some of the heath lands in the centre and west of the county [Montgomeryshire] a diminutive breed of sheep called cluns is pastured. 1902Ibid. XXV. 194/1 The Clun Forest is a local breed in West Shropshire and the adjacent parts of Wales. 1961Shropsh. Mag. Nov. 7 Weston Farm carries over 130 sheep—Cluns and Clun crosses. 1964‘E. Peters’ Flight of Witch i. 12 These handsome, fearless hill-sheep he was just learning to know for Cluns and Kerrys. |