Bakewell

/ ˈbeɪkwɛl /

noun

1. BakewellRobert17251795MEnglishTECHNOLOGY: agriculturalist Robert . 1725–95, English agriculturist; radically improved livestock breeding, esp of cattle and sheep

Example Sentences

The late Robert Bakewell first commenced a decided improvement with the Leicesters, nearly a century since.

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The longest continuous bell inscriptions we have noted are from Bakewell, Derbyshire, and on a peal of eight bells.

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In the chapel also stands a Roman altar, dug up near Bakewell.

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At least, one objection to Hutton's views would be removed by modifying his theory in the manner it seems to be by Bakewell.

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He needs, as Bakewell happily expressed it, "the best machine for converting herbage and other animal food into money."

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