| 单词 | herdwick sheep |
| 释义 | > as lemmasHerdwick sheep 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.) ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas |
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