Ryelandn.2
/ˈrʌɪlənd/, U.S. /ˈraɪlən(d)/ I. Compounds.
1. attributive. Designating a small, docile, hornless breed of sheep, bred for both meat and wool; designating a sheep of this breed.Developed by medieval monks in Leominster, England, the Ryeland breed was taken to New Zealand in 1901 and to Australia in 1919; it is now regarded as one of the heritage breeds of Australia.
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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
1786 G. Culley Observ. Live Stock 108 A Ryeland sheep..is often fed till he weighs 80 lb.
1789 Monthly Rev. Nov. 394 The sheep of this district, especially the Ryeland breed, are well known to carry very fine wool of the short-carding sort.
1806 Communications Board Agric. V. i. 524 If..we proceed to cross with the Merino, we might just as well have commenced with the Ryeland ewe as the basis of our experiment.
1867 Farmer's Mag. Sept. 270/1 Russell and Son disposed of a lot of twelve Ryeland lambs.
1898 J. Wrightson Sheep (ed. 3) vi. 45 The Ryeland breed of sheep is now again in the ascendant.
1907 R. Wallace Farm Live Stock Great Brit. (ed. 4) xxvii. 600 Ryeland sheep were supplanted to a large extent some years ago during the rage for Shropshires and other improved Downs.
1972 M. L. Ryder in J. G. Jenkins Wool Textile Industry Great Brit. 62/2 A descendant of the sheep producing this wool can probably be seen in the Ryeland breed from Hereford.
2009 Guardian (Nexis) 22 Aug. (Newsprint Suppl.) 11 Majestic trees shade lush, green, sloping paddocks grazed by Jacob and Ryeland sheep.
2. attributive. Designating wool and meat from a Ryeland sheep.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > genus Ovus > [adjective] > of particular breeds
belted1582
loaghtan1702
merino1780
Teeswater1786
Ryeland1790
Anglo-Merino1806
East Friesian1895
1790 Ann. Agric. 13 229 The continuation of the supply of Ryeland wool is at present in a state of uncertainty.
1802 J. Somerville Let. 12 Nov. in Facts & Observ. Sheep (1803) 12 We..sent this Ryeland mutton to market.
1849 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 10 ii. 436 The fineness of the Ryeland fleece and freedom from kemps.
1912 R. Lydekker Sheep & its Cousins v. 101 Ryeland wool was formerly regarded as the finest produced in the British Islands.
1967 E. Kerridge Agric. Revol. v. 250 Lime..improved the pastures, and worsened, perceptibly, the quality of Ryeland wool.
2001 J. W. Dohner Encycl. Hist. & Endangered Livestock & Poultry Breeds iv. 124/1 There is growing interest in colored Ryeland wool.
II. Simple uses.
3. A Ryeland sheep.
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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
1802 J. Somerville Let. 12 Nov. in Facts & Observ. Sheep (1803) 10 The same land, which carried forty-five breeding ewes, was immediately stocked with 150 Ryelands in their stead.
1861 I. M. Beeton Bk. Househ. Managem. xiv. 323 Eleven varieties have been reared in this country, of the domesticated sheep..embracing..the Ryeland; South-Down; the Merino.
1905 Jrnl. Dept. Agric. W. Austr. 10 87 The Ryeland had up to now not been imported into the colonies, but its reputed good qualities should make it worthy of a trial.
1912 R. E. Prothero Farming Past & Present viii. 178 West-country clothiers drew their supplies..partly from..the Exmoors, Dartmoors, or Devonshire Notts.., the Dean Foresters of Gloucester, or the Ryelands of Herefordshire.
1986 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 13 May They use..Romney x Merino ewes and Ryelands over the maiden ewes on their 770-hectare Parawa property.
2004 Independent 9 June (Property section) 15/2 Not even Fagan could shear a Merino in 18 seconds... Ryelands are tricky as well.
Derivatives
ˈRyelander n. now rare. = sense 3.
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1789 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Glocestershire II. 233 The ‘Ryelanders’ are a small, white-faced, hornless breed.
1808 Ann. Agric. 45 5 Six Ryelanders shall not merely live, but be in excellent store order, where four of any other sort shall scarcely exist.
1914 D. Verey Gloucestersh. (ed. 2) xii. 63 The ‘Ryelanders’.., having been continually crossed with other breeds to improve their size, are very seldom found in a pure state.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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