Herdwick

/ (ˈhɜːdwɪk) /


noun
  1. a hardy breed of coarse-woolled sheep from NW England

Origin of Herdwick

1
C19: from obsolete herdwick pasture, sheep farm (see herd ² (sense 1), wick ²); the breed is thought to have originated on the herdwicks of Furness Abbey

Words Nearby Herdwick

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How to use Herdwick in a sentence

  • Of a flock of forty Herdwick sheep given by Dr. Wakefield, the dogs killed twenty-seven at one time.

    A Labrador Doctor | Wilfred Thomason Grenfell