Cotswoldn.

/ˈkɒtswəld/

Forms: Middle English–1700s Coteswold, Middle English Cotteswolde, 1500s Cottesolde, Cotssold, 1500s–1600s Cotsold, 1600s Cottshold, Cotsal(l, Cotwold, 1700s Cotsol, Cotswold.

Etymology: < the 17th cent. conjectured to be derived from sheep cots or cotes + wold n.; but the first element is uncertain.

The proper name of a range of hills in Gloucestershire, England, noted for some centuries for their sheep-pastures, and for a breed of long-wooled sheep named after them. Hence also Cotswold lion, a humorous appellation for a sheep.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [noun] > one who is timid > ironical name for sheep

lion of Cotswold1546

Cotswold lion1548

Lammermoor lion1721

the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > humorous names for

mutton?c1335

lion of Cotswold1546

Cotswold lion1548

Lammermoor lion1721

1306 Petit. in Rolls of Parl. I. 198/2 Ecclesie de Newenton super Coteswalde.

1327 Petit. in Rolls of Parl. II. 182/1 Unze Sakes & Sys cloves de le meliour Leyn de Coteswold a l'oeps nostre dit Seignour.]

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcvi Liberte for certayn cottesolde shepe to be transported in to the countre of Spayne.

a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. vi. sig. G.iij Then will he looke as fierce as a Cotssold lyon.

?1562 Thersytes sig. A.iii^v Now haue at the lyons on cotsolde.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. iii. 9 But I bethinke me what a weary way From Rauenspurgh to Cotshall will be found.

a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1618) iii. 18 Loe then, the mystery from whence the name Of Cotsold Lyons first to England came.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 83 How do's your fallow Greyhound, Sir, I heard say he was out-run on Cotsall .

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Coteswold (old word), a company of sheepcotes, and sheep feeding on hills.

1864 Daily Tel. 22 Sept. I shall cross my Downs with Cotswolds.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	cotswold
释义	Cotswoldn. /ˈkɒtswəld/ Forms: Middle English–1700s Coteswold, Middle English Cotteswolde, 1500s Cottesolde, Cotssold, 1500s–1600s Cotsold, 1600s Cottshold, Cotsal(l, Cotwold, 1700s Cotsol, Cotswold. Etymology: < the 17th cent. conjectured to be derived from sheep cots or cotes + wold n.; but the first element is uncertain. The proper name of a range of hills in Gloucestershire, England, noted for some centuries for their sheep-pastures, and for a breed of long-wooled sheep named after them. Hence also Cotswold lion, a humorous appellation for a sheep. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > fear > timidity > [noun] > one who is timid > ironical name for sheep lion of Cotswold1546 Cotswold lion1548 Lammermoor lion1721 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > humorous names for mutton?c1335 lion of Cotswold1546 Cotswold lion1548 Lammermoor lion1721 1306 Petit. in Rolls of Parl. I. 198/2 Ecclesie de Newenton super Coteswalde. 1327 Petit. in Rolls of Parl. II. 182/1 Unze Sakes & Sys cloves de le meliour Leyn de Coteswold a l'oeps nostre dit Seignour.] 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. cxcvi Liberte for certayn cottesolde shepe to be transported in to the countre of Spayne. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iv. vi. sig. G.iij Then will he looke as fierce as a Cotssold lyon. ?1562 Thersytes sig. A.iii^v Now haue at the lyons on cotsolde. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II ii. iii. 9 But I bethinke me what a weary way From Rauenspurgh to Cotshall will be found. a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1618) iii. 18 Loe then, the mystery from whence the name Of Cotsold Lyons first to England came. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) i. i. 83 How do's your fallow Greyhound, Sir, I heard say he was out-run on Cotsall . View more context for this quotation 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Coteswold (old word), a company of sheepcotes, and sheep feeding on hills. 1864 Daily Tel. 22 Sept. I shall cross my Downs with Cotswolds. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1548
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