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Colbred|ˈkɒlbrɛd|
[f. Col(burn the name of a Gloucestershire sheep-breeding company + bred ppl. a.1]
The name of a highly fertile breed of sheep obtained by crossing the Border Leicester, Clun, Friesland, and Dorset Horn; a sheep of this breed.
1962O. H. Colburn in Times (Agric. Suppl.) 3 July p. v/1 Our Company, H. A. Colburn & Son, decided in 1954 to develop an entirely new breed of sheep designed especially for high prolificacy and high milking capacity, and we chose the name Colbred for them. One result of that decision was the formal registration of the Colbred Sheep Society Limited on July 14, 1961. 1963Guardian 21 Aug. 2/8 Mr. Colburn has shown for the first time at the Royal Show at Newcastle upon Tyne the Colbred sheep which he had bred over five generations from crossings of three British and one Continental breed. 1967Times 26 June 6/7 The Colbred..was never intended for use as a self-contained breed but always for crossing with hill ewes to provide highly productive daughters. Ibid. 6/8 He maintains a strong flock of pure Colbreds. |