Ryeland
noun
Rye·land
ˈrīlənd
1
: an old English breed of hardy hornless white-faced sheep producing high quality wool and quick-maturing lambs of good size
2
or ryeland plural Ryelands or ryelands : an animal of the Ryeland breed
Word History
Etymology
from Ryelands, district and hamlet in Herefordshire, England
First Known Use
1802, in the meaning defined at sense 1