Ayrshire

[ air-sheer, -sher ]

noun

1. one of a Scottish breed of hardy dairy cattle having long, curving horns.
2. Also called Ayr. a historic county in SW Scotland.

Ayrshire

/ -ʃə; ˈɛəʃɪə /

noun

1. a historical county of SW Scotland, formerly part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now divided into the council areas of North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and East Ayrshire
2. any one of a hardy breed of brown-and-white dairy cattle

Example Sentences

It is with real regret that I turn from the subject of the "Ayrshire Ploughman," his life and his works.

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Ayrshire—and probably Cunningham—seems to be the home of the race—our part of it.

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In Ayrshire and Limburg, on the other hand, the curd is always left in the stomach and salted along with it.

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In 1802 he first publicly exhibited this gas-lighting in Ayrshire, Scotland, and showed two immense flames from coal gas.

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I received a telegram recently to call and see a wealthy manufacturer's mother from Ayrshire, who was stricken with paralysis.

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