Clunn.
/klʌn/, U.S. /klən/ Used to designate a breed of sheep originating in the Clun area.
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1883 Encycl. 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.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXV. 194/1 The Clun Forest is a local breed in West Shropshire and the adjacent parts of Wales.
1961 Shropshire 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.
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