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Rambouillet, n.
(ˈræmbəleɪ, ‖ rãbujɛ)
[The name of a town in northern France, which provided the location for a sheep farm founded in 1783 by Louis XVI.]
†1. = rumbullion n.2 1. Obs.
1802,1824[see rumbullion n.2 1].
2. Used attrib. and absol. to designate a breed of large, hardy sheep, developed from the Spanish merino at Rambouillet but bred elsewhere (esp. in Austral. and N.Z.) for its meat and its heavy fleece of fine wool; also, a sheep of this breed.
[1809R. R. Livingston Ess. Sheep iii. 129 Dr. Parry, who has lately written a treatise on the merino sheep in England, acknowledges that the wool of the Rambouillet flock is finer than that imported from Spain.] 1847Monthly Jrnl. Agric. Oct. 171 Somewhat inclined to throatiness, but not so much so as the Rambouillets..wool whiter within than the Rambouillet. 1868W. Latham States of River Plate (ed. 2) I. ii. 78 The distinctive characteristics of the ‘Rambouillet’ variety of the Merino are those of considerably larger carcase, longer wool, weightier fleece, fewer skin folds, and better fatting qualities than the German varieties admit of. 1891R. Wallace Rural Econ. Austral. & N.Z. xxvi. 358 The Rambouillet or French Merino... Several of the best flocks in New South Wales belong to this variety. 1963G. S. Maxwell Navajo Rugs i. 7 In 1903 the French Merino, called Rambouillet, were brought in. 1966Jrnl. Reproduction & Fertility XI. 277 Seven black-faced, crossbred Rambouillet ewes in anoestrus were hysterectomized between 1st June and 20th July. 1973Materials & Technol. VI. iii. 240 Selective breeding there produced a big-framed type of sheep carrying a heavy fleece of fine fibres; this was known as the ‘Rambouillet’ breed. |