herdwickn.
/ˈhəːdwɪk/, U.S. /ˈhərdˌwɪk/ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [noun] > pasture > sheep pasture
heafc1525
sheep-gate1535
herdwick1537
fold-course1538
wether gang1561
sheep-walk1586
sheep's course1623
sheep-weald1634
sheep-rake1653
sleighta1697
sheep-leasea1722
sheep-sleighta1722
hirsel1822
sheep-run1826
sheep-heaf1844
shepherd land1892
heft1960
1086 Domesday Bk. (1783) I. f. 162/1 [Phillimore: Gloucs. (Wales) W. 1] In Wales sunt iii Harduices, Lamecare & Poteschiuet & Dinan.]
?c1150 Grant for foundation of a cell at Bredon in W. Dugdale Monasticon Anglicanum (1661) 39/2 Viginti solidos de Molendino de Crakemero..et quadraginta solidos in soca de Stapelfordia; et unam Herdewicam in Hethcote, juxta Hertadona, in Pecco.
1537 Certif. Reven. Furness Abbey in Beck Ann. Furnes. (1884) App. 64 Pastures with Agistament and brusyng..occupied to thuse of the said late Monastery for the sustentacyon of ther catell, and..devyded into sundry herdwyks and shepe cots.
c1537 Sir J. Lamplugh in Beck Ann. Furnes. (note) Erleghecote haythe always beyn a hyrdewyke or pasture ground for the schepe of thabbottes of Furnes..and euer in theyr possessyon; and who soeuer inhabytyd therapone haythe always beyn the Abbottes hyrde, and remouable at theyr pleasures, and not tenauntes by ony custome.
1564 Decree in West Antiq. Furness (1744) App. ix Those parcells following, that is to say, the herdwick called Waterside Parke..the herdwick called Lawson Park..the herdwick called Plumers.
2. (In full Herdwick sheep): A hardy breed of mountain sheep in Cumberland and Westmorland (now Cumbria).‘Supposed to have originated on the herdwicks of the Abbey of Furness. They still usually belong to the landlord of a fell-side farm, along with which they are leased to the tenant.’ ( N.E.D.)
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [noun] > Ovus Aries (domestic sheep) > specific breeds or members of
mug1596
down1721
Shropshire1768
Norfolk sheep1778
Ryeland1786
Southdown1786
Persian1794
Leicester1798
Southdowner1799
Ryeland1802
loaghtan1812
Manx loaghtan1812
herdwick1837
Wallachian1837
Norfolk1851
Teeswater1861
bluefaced Leicester1864
Rough Fell1871
Border Leicester1873
Mexican1878
Cheviot1883
fat-tail1888
pampas1892
pampas sheep1895
turbary1908
karakul1913
East Friesian1949
Texel1949
Norfolk Horn1961
Colbred1962
1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 223/2 A peculiar breed of sheep, called Herdwicks, from their being farmed out to herds at a yearly sum, is met with on the mountains, at the head of the Duddon and Esk rivers.
1868 A. C. Gibson Joe & the Geologist in Folk-speech Cumberland (1880) 2 Yan wad ha' sworn he was summut akin tul a Herdwick tip.
1878 W. Dickinson Gloss. Words & Phrases Cumberland (ed. 2) Herdwicks, the mountain sheep of the west of Cumberland..let out in herds or flocks with the farms.
1887 H. Caine Son of Hagar i. ii Auld Mr. Ritson's, them herdwicks.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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