单词 | hog fleece |
释义 | > as lemmashog fleece hog fleece n. the fleece obtained from the first shearing of a young sheep. ΚΠ 1778 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. II. 458 Five or six hog-fleeces weigh a stone. 1865 H. H. Dixon Field & Fern: North iv. 61 The weight of the hogg fleeces depends so entirely on their keep. 1906 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Weekly Sentinel 7 Feb. 14/7 The fact that the hog fleece is not shorn until so long after the birth of the animal makes the wool longer and staple. 2000 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 17 May 18 Cheviot hogg fleeces will show the biggest increase of 44.9% to 66.2p per kg. < as lemmas |
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